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(WHNT) – Robocalls are annoying enough, but robotexts? According to the Federal Communications Commission, scammers are adding another tool into their arsenal to annoy Americans.
The FCC tracks complaints as opposed to actual call volume, but the agency’s own stats show complaints about unwanted text messages have risen steadily in recent years. Around 5,700 complaints were filed in 2019, 14,000 in 2020, 15,300 in 2021, and 8,500 through June 30, 2022.
Scammers want you to interact with them when they send you a text message, the FCC explains. They often use believable, but false, claims in an effort to collect your money or personal information, or to ensure your number is active for future scams.
What to Look For
These scam text messages can take many forms, according to the FCC, claiming:
- You have unpaid bills
- There was an issue with a package delivery
- There is an issue with a bank account
- You have an outstanding warrant or another issue with law enforcement
In all these cases, the FCC said these texts may use fear and anxiety, as well as confusing or incomplete information, to get you to engage with the scammer.
Scam texts, also known as “smishing,” often include some or all of the following:
- Comes from an unknown number and/or a number that’s 10 or more digits long
- Contains misleading/incomplete information
- Words that are misspelled to avoid blocking/filtering tools
- Contains mysterious links
- Is a sales pitch
How to Stay Safe
There are ways to protect yourself from these scammers. The FCC recommends that you:
- Don’t respond to suspicious texts (even by texting STOP)
- Don’t click on any links
- Don’t provide any information, whether by replying or through a website in the suspicious message
- File a complaint with the FCC (online or by calling 888-225-5322)
- Forward unwanted texts to SPAM (7726)
- Delete the suspicious texts
- Keep your smart devices (and security apps, if applicable) up to date
- Consider installing anti-malware software (if applicable)
- Carefully review company policies regarding opting out of text alerts and selling/sharing of consumer information
- Review text blocking tools offered on specific mobile phones (such as Apple’s built-in blocking on newer versions of iOS/iPadOS or the phone app on Android), and through third parties
The best rule of thumb is that if a text message is suspicious, don’t respond and instead call the business, organization, or law enforcement agency the message claims to be. Valid phone numbers can be found on a bill, the organization/business/agency’s official website, or official social media pages.
The FCC recently ordered phone companies to block scam robocalls promoting auto warranties. All U.S. voice services providers must “take all necessary steps to avoid carrying this robocall traffic” or regularly report ways they are mitigating the traffic to the FCC, the agency announced in a press release earlier this month. | https://www.wane.com/news/top-picks/fcc-robotext-scams-on-the-rise-heres-how-you-can-stay-safe/ | 2022-07-31T20:00:30Z | https://www.wane.com/news/top-picks/fcc-robotext-scams-on-the-rise-heres-how-you-can-stay-safe/ | true |
(iSeeCars) – Buying an American car has long been considered an act of patriotism, although the definition of buying American has become increasingly blurred. There are cars with American nameplates like Buick that are manufactured overseas, while some Volkswagens and Toyotas are assembled in the United States. However, buying a domestic brand versus a foreign one can still signal a sense of pride among proud Americans, even if being made in America isn’t exclusive to American brands.
To determine which states favor domestic auto brands, iSeeCars analyzed 10.9 million car sales to rank each state by their percentage share of cars with domestic nameplates.
- Michigan, home of the “Motor City” and headquarters of the Big Three automakers buys the most American vehicles, comprising 77.8 percent of the state’s vehicle share.
- Of the top 10 states with the most American brand cars, seven are in the Midwest, two are in the Rocky Mountain region, and one s in the Southwest.
- The state with the fewest American brand vehicles is Hawaii, a state which favors Japanese vehicles likely due to the highly diverse population.
- The 10 states with the lowest proportion of American brand cars are coastal states.
While American cars were once perceived to be inferior to their foreign rivals, today’s American vehicles have caught up to their foreign counterparts in quality and reliability. In fact, many American vehicles made our list of the longest lasting cars, and American pickups are among the most popular cars in the country. Whether you want a dependable truck, an electric vehicle with cutting-edge technology, or even a luxe SUV, there is an American vehicle to suit your needs.
More from iSeeCars.com:
Methodology:
iSeeCars analyzed over 10.9 million used cars from model years 2017 – 2021 sold from July 2021 through June 2022. The number of cars from American automakers was tallied by state, and the resulting percentage shares were used to rank states.
This article, Which States Buy the Most American Cars? originally appeared on iSeeCars.com. | https://www.wane.com/news/which-states-buy-the-most-american-cars/ | 2022-07-31T20:00:36Z | https://www.wane.com/news/which-states-buy-the-most-american-cars/ | false |
Soccer-Reactions to England's European Championship victory
July 31 (Reuters) - Reaction to England winning the Women's European Championship final on Sunday to claim their first ever major title in front of a record crowd on home soil.
FORMER ENGLAND STRIKER IAN WRIGHT
I can't put into words how much work has gone into this. I'm so proud, I can't believe it!
FORMER ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL ALEX SCOTT
I walked past that trophy in 2009 and it lived with me forever. I'm so pleased that these England girls don't have to experience that. It's a great day.
FORMER ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL GARY NEVILLE
What the Lionesses have just done is amazing and so damned bloody hard to do. A seismic moment for Sport in this country! Well done to you all.
UK PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON
Football has come home! A stunning victory by the Lionesses. Huge congratulations to Sarina, Leah and the whole team. Football pitches across the country will be filled as never before by girls and women inspired by your triumph.
TOTTENHAM STRIKER HARRY KANE
Absolutely unreal scenes at Wembley!! Massive congrats to the amazing Lionesses, Ella Toone take a bow for that finish too.
"THREE LIONS" SINGER DAVID BADDIEL
Home. In fact it´s come home. A sentence I thought I´d never write. I´ve gone. Thank you Lionesses.
BRITAIN'S QUEEN ELIZABETH II
My warmest congratulations, and those of my family, go to you all on winning the European Women´s Football Championships. It is a significant achievement for the entire team, including your support staff.
"The Championships and your performance in them have rightly won praise. However, your success goes far beyond the trophy you have so deservedly earned.
"You have all set an example that will be an inspiration for girls and women today, and for future generations. It is my hope that you will be as proud of the impact you have had on your sport as you are of the result today."
(Compiled by Tommy Lund in Gdansk Editing by Toby Davis) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11067121/Soccer-Reactions-Englands-European-Championship-victory.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-31T20:01:20Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11067121/Soccer-Reactions-Englands-European-Championship-victory.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
(WHNT) – Robocalls are annoying enough, but robotexts? According to the Federal Communications Commission, scammers are adding another tool into their arsenal to annoy Americans.
The FCC tracks complaints as opposed to actual call volume, but the agency’s own stats show complaints about unwanted text messages have risen steadily in recent years. Around 5,700 complaints were filed in 2019, 14,000 in 2020, 15,300 in 2021, and 8,500 through June 30, 2022.
Scammers want you to interact with them when they send you a text message, the FCC explains. They often use believable, but false, claims in an effort to collect your money or personal information, or to ensure your number is active for future scams.
What to Look For
These scam text messages can take many forms, according to the FCC, claiming:
- You have unpaid bills
- There was an issue with a package delivery
- There is an issue with a bank account
- You have an outstanding warrant or another issue with law enforcement
In all these cases, the FCC said these texts may use fear and anxiety, as well as confusing or incomplete information, to get you to engage with the scammer.
Scam texts, also known as “smishing,” often include some or all of the following:
- Comes from an unknown number and/or a number that’s 10 or more digits long
- Contains misleading/incomplete information
- Words that are misspelled to avoid blocking/filtering tools
- Contains mysterious links
- Is a sales pitch
How to Stay Safe
There are ways to protect yourself from these scammers. The FCC recommends that you:
- Don’t respond to suspicious texts (even by texting STOP)
- Don’t click on any links
- Don’t provide any information, whether by replying or through a website in the suspicious message
- File a complaint with the FCC (online or by calling 888-225-5322)
- Forward unwanted texts to SPAM (7726)
- Delete the suspicious texts
- Keep your smart devices (and security apps, if applicable) up to date
- Consider installing anti-malware software (if applicable)
- Carefully review company policies regarding opting out of text alerts and selling/sharing of consumer information
- Review text blocking tools offered on specific mobile phones (such as Apple’s built-in blocking on newer versions of iOS/iPadOS or the phone app on Android), and through third parties
The best rule of thumb is that if a text message is suspicious, don’t respond and instead call the business, organization, or law enforcement agency the message claims to be. Valid phone numbers can be found on a bill, the organization/business/agency’s official website, or official social media pages.
The FCC recently ordered phone companies to block scam robocalls promoting auto warranties. All U.S. voice services providers must “take all necessary steps to avoid carrying this robocall traffic” or regularly report ways they are mitigating the traffic to the FCC, the agency announced in a press release earlier this month. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/fcc-robotext-scams-on-the-rise-heres-how-you-can-stay-safe/ | 2022-07-31T20:02:53Z | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/fcc-robotext-scams-on-the-rise-heres-how-you-can-stay-safe/ | true |
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A third person who was struck by gunfire in an April shooting at a crowded Iowa nightclub has died, and charges against one of the two suspects will be updated.
Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks told the Cedar Rapids Gazette that Marvin Cox, 31, of Cedar Rapids, who was shot in the head on April 10 at the Taboo Nightclub and Lounge in Cedar Rapids, died July 24. He had been on life support. Nine other people were also hurt that night.
Timothy Rush, 32, was already charged with second-degree murder for killing his 35-year-old girlfriend, who was the mother of his 1-year-old daughter, and several other crimes related to the shooting, including seriously injuring Cox.
Online court records didn't show any new charges against Rush as of Sunday.
Prosecutors have said Rush was working security at the nightclub when he and another man started shooting during a birthday party with more than 100 people in attendance.
The second suspect, Dimione Walker, 29, is charged with shooting and killing 25-year-old Michael Valentine. Walker is being held in Illinois, where he was arrested several days after the shooting. He is awaiting extradition to Iowa.
Rush remains jailed in lieu of $1.5 million bail. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/3rd-person-dies-months-after-Iowa-nightclub-17341536.php | 2022-07-31T20:03:17Z | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/3rd-person-dies-months-after-Iowa-nightclub-17341536.php | false |
WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Inyo County in south central California...
San Bernardino County in southern California...
* Until 300 PM PDT.
* At 1202 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across southeast Inyo County. Flash flooding is ongoing
or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water
crossings, creeks, normally dry washes and roads.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Furnace Creek, Panamint Springs, Stovepipe Wells, Texas Springs
Campground, Death Valley Junction, Highways 190, 127 and 178, and
Homewood Canyon-Valley Wells.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.
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WFO PHOENIX Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
1236 PM PDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR RIVERSIDE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES...
At 1236 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated that earlier thunderstorms
produced rainfall amounts of up to 2 inches, with runoff likely
occurring across area washes, especially across the Quail Wash.
Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
northwestern portion of Joshua Tree National Park
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | https://www.mrt.com/weather/article/CA-WFO-PHOENIX-Warnings-Watches-and-Advisories-17341559.php | 2022-07-31T20:06:39Z | https://www.mrt.com/weather/article/CA-WFO-PHOENIX-Warnings-Watches-and-Advisories-17341559.php | false |
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Formula One’s former race director Michael Masi has described the abuse he received on social media following last season’s controversial call at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won his first world title after overtaking Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton on the last lap following a heavily disputed restart procedure.
Hamilton led comfortably until a crash by Nicholas Latifi brought out the safety car with five laps remaining. Verstappen stopped under yellow flags for fresher tires, and Masi flipped his decision and let the five lapped drivers separating Verstappen from Hamilton pass the safety car under yellow. But not all eight, which would have taken longer.
Governing body FIA concluded Masi had made a “human error ” but acted in good faith. Masi was replaced in his role and then left the FIA entirely three weeks ago to relocate back to Australia.
In an interview with Australia’s NewsCorp, the 44-year-old Australian recalled feeling like “the most hated man in the world” as he revealed the level of hostility he endured online via hundreds of toxic messages.
“They were shocking. Racist, abusive, vile, they called me every name under the sun. And there were death threats. People saying they were going to come after me and my family,” Masi said in the interview. “And they kept on coming. Not just on my Facebook but also on my LinkedIn, which is supposed to be a professional platform for business. It was the same type of abuse.”
The interview Masi gave to the Sunday Telegraph carried screenshots of some of the messages, with Masi saying he was relieved not to have more social media platforms where people could attack him.
“Thankfully, I don’t have an Instagram account. Or Twitter, I don’t have any of that,” Masi said. “Being old-school I do however have Facebook, which I used to stay in touch with family and friends. I opened my messages that night to check in with them. I did not know I could receive them from people I did not know. But I was wrong. I was confronted with hundreds of messages.”
Masi tried initially to blank out all of it.
“I just thought I would ignore it and get on with it because I knew it could take me to a very dark place. I tried to cut myself off mentally and I thought I could,” he said. “I mostly kept it all to myself … The FIA knew but I think I downplayed it all to everyone, including them.”
But the toll on Masi’s mental health was already considerable.
“I remember walking down the street in London a day or two later. I thought I was okay until I started looking over my shoulder,” he said. “I was looking at people and wondering if they were going to get me.”
He fought a private inner battle as he dealt with the abuse in his own way.
“I only talked to my close family — but only briefly. I also lost my appetite,” he said. “It did have a physical effect but it was more mental. I just wanted to be in a bubble. I just wanted to be alone, which was very challenging.”
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner told The Associated Press in a recent interview that Masi had been treated terribly and the criticism was deeply unfair.
“To me that was tantamount to bullying. He was hung out to dry by a couple of teams, and I think that’s absolutely not right,” Horner told the AP. “It’s unacceptable, the guy is getting threats towards his family and so on.”
Masi regrets not seeking professional help.
“I probably should have,” he said. “I should have gone and spoken to someone in a professional sense. But in saying that, I had some amazing people around me that could see it and were checking in daily. I was super fortunate to have that support network.”
Masi is not able to talk about the decision itself because of a non-disclosure agreement with the FIA.
“The whole experience has made me a much stronger person,” he said. “I have just had the longest break in my professional career and I have used that time to reconnect with family and friends. I have also done all that self-maintenance you can neglect when you are in the grind.”
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More AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.cenlanow.com/sports/ex-f1-race-director-masi-says-he-received-death-threats/ | 2022-07-31T20:17:03Z | https://www.cenlanow.com/sports/ex-f1-race-director-masi-says-he-received-death-threats/ | true |
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A fire that broke out Sunday at a Sacramento U-Haul facility damaging eight box trucks is now under investigation by the Sacramento Fire Department.
According to fire officials, the fire broke out Sunday morning around 2:40 a.m. near Broadway and Franklin Boulevard.
Seven box trucks were heavily damaged and one had minor damage, the Sacramento Fire Department said. No one was reported injured during the firefight.
While the cause of the fire is still under investigation, the fire department says that there has been an increase in fuel thefts in the area.
The Sacramento Police Department responded to the scene Sunday morning but the fire is being investigated by arson investigators with the Sacramento Fire Department.
Watch More from ABC10: Man found dead along American River, 2 people rescued from water | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/uhaul-box-trucks-fire/103-07b8aa66-470b-4914-9b04-ceea36d2b0ff | 2022-07-31T20:21:34Z | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/uhaul-box-trucks-fire/103-07b8aa66-470b-4914-9b04-ceea36d2b0ff | true |
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — In the span of four days, Mike Trout went from his career in peril to possibly picking a bat by the end of next week.
The Los Angeles Angels star visited Thursday with Dr. Robert Watkins, a back specialist and co-director of the Marina Spine Clinic in Los Angeles. Tout is slated to begin rotational exercises on Wednesday and could return to swinging a bat shortly after that.
“It went from my career is over to now hopefully I’m going to play here soon,” Trout said with a laugh. “Coming out of the workouts, it’s been great every day. It’s getting better. It’s very promising to start rotational stuff. I’ll do that for a couple days in the weight room and if that goes well, I’ll start swinging.”
Trout's future appeared uncertain when athetic trainer Mike Forstad said before Wednesday's game in Kansas City that the three-time AL MVP had a rare spinal condition, and that it was an issue Trout could have to “manage not just through the rest of this season.”
“I think that’s what Frosty was initially getting at — keeping a routine so that it doesn’t come back," Trout said. "Once you let it settle down, get the inflammation out of there and build the muscles up around, it’ll be good.”
Trout left a game against Houston on July 12 with what was first called back spasms. He was placed on the injured list on July 18 with the designation of rib cage inflammation. Frostad said the exact injury was a "costovertebral dysfunction at T5.”
“I couldn’t pinpoint how it happened. I think it happened over time," Trout said. "I was swinging more than I usually do. It just flared up. I couldn’t tell you exactly. As a baseball player, you swing a lot and do a lot of activity and sometimes things act up.”
Since going on the injured list, Trout said he has been jogging and doing leg workouts. He has also been doing a core program to strengthen the muscles around the area.
This is the second straight year that Trout has been battling injuries. He was limited to just 36 games last season due to a calf injury.
The 10-time AL All-Star is batting .270 with 24 homers and 51 RBIs in 79 games this season, but has just one multi-hit game and six RBIs in the past three-plus weeks he played.
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PARIS (AP) — The Mona Lisa may maintain her famously enigmatic smile because she benefits from one of Paris’ best-kept secrets: An underground cooling system that’s helped the Louvre cope with the sweltering heat that has broken temperature records across Europe.
The little-known “urban cold” network snakes unsuspecting beneath Parisians’ feet at a depth of up to 30 meters (98 feet), pumping out icy water through 89 kilometers (55 miles) of labyrinthine pipes, which is used to chill the air in over 700 sites. The system, which uses electricity generated by renewable sources, is the largest in Europe — and chugs on around the clock with a deafening noise totally inaudible above ground.
Paris City Hall has now signed an ambitious contract to triple the size of the network by 2042 to 252 kilometers (157 miles). It would make it the largest urban cooling system in the world. The new contract intends to help the city to both adapt to and combat the threat of global warming. Many parts of Europe hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in July.
The city is extending the cooling network to hospitals, schools and metro stations over the next two decades. It’s unclear how much of the system will be operational by the time of the Paris Olympics in 2024, but it’s possible the systems will be used in several Olympic sites.
Unbeknown to millions of tourists, the piping currently cools the City of Light’s most emblematic sites, such as the Louvre and the Quai Branly Museum. It might even help cool the tempers of agitated lawmakers as it is used to drop temperatures in the National Assembly.
The scheme is operated by the joint-venture company Fraicheur de Paris — 85% owned by the state’s French energy company EDF and the rest by public transport operator RATP. The company’s officials tout its benefits for the entire French capital.
“If all (Parisian) buildings get equipped with autonomous installations (such as air-conditioning), it will gradually create a very significant urban ‘heat island’ effect,” said Maggie Schelfhaut of Fraicheur de Paris, referring to the increased heat in cities due to less vegetation, which cools, and more urban infrastructure, which absorbs the sun’s rays.
But Schelfhaut said that the pipe network could make the whole of Paris one degree Celsius (1.8 Fahrenheit) cooler than if autonomous installations were put up across the city.
“One degree less in the city center is a lot,” she added.
Three of the 10 high-tech cooling sites lie on the Seine river and are accessed by a retractable spiral staircase barely visible from street level — in something resembling the lair of the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”
When the Seine’s water is cold enough, a machine captures it and uses it to chill the system’s water. The heat created as a byproduct is sent back into the Seine where it is absorbed. The chilled water is then pumped though the system’s pipes to its 730 Parisian clients.
Paris’ cooling sites all use renewable energy sources such as wind turbines and solar panels. Four new solar energy sites which will feed into this network are also earmarked for construction. French officials see this energy independence as particularly important given the threat of Russia cutting off energy supplies to Europe.
Russian energy corporation Gazprom on Wednesday cut the amount of natural gas flowing through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe to 20% of its capacity. European nations are rushing to find alternatives amid fears that Russia could completely cut off gas exports — which are used for industry, to generate electricity and to cool homes — to try to gain political leverage over the bloc.
The merits of using a cooling system which uses renewable energy to operate are already being felt by sites that use them. The world’s most visited museum, the Louvre, has benefited from the network since the 1990s — with officials proud of its ecological, economic and art conservation advantages.
“It allows us to benefit from energy with a lower carbon footprint available all year round,” said Laurent Le Guedart, the Louvre’s Heritage Director. “The particularity of the Louvre Museum is that it needs to use iced-cold water to correctly conserve the artwork and to control the humidity.”
The Louvre does not use air conditioning and officials say the cooling also wins them much needed floor space in the sprawling, yet cramped, former palace that is home to 550,000 artworks.
Le Guedart said that the system is a money-saver given the rising cost of energy linked to the Ukraine conflict. It operates notably in the State Room of the Pavillon Denon where the Mona Lisa lives. Perhaps it’s why beads of sweat have never trickled down the brow painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
“The energy bill of the Louvre is around 10 million euros per year in 2021. We are trying to control this bill as much as possible, amid the evident fluctuations and increases to energy costs,” Le Guedart said.
The system could save it millions by cushioning the shock as Russia continues to roil the energy market.
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Jade Le Deley in Paris contributed.
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ERIE, Pa. — If you are looking for conventional wisdom metrics that D.C. reporters and strategists use to outline what is going on in the race for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, the short and the long answer is there are none.
The Democratic nominee, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, with whom no one outside his tightly held inner circle has had a back-and-forth conversation since his stroke and subsequent surgery in May, is spending his time and money snark-posting about his opponent’s roots in New Jersey, even resurrecting the career of Snooki (“Jersey Shore”) for ads and tweets about Oz and New Jersey.
His opponent, Republican nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz, is spending his time far below the radar. Nowhere now are the endless ads that were the hallmark of his primary campaign this spring. That volley of attacks between him and rival David McCormick, which drove his approval ratings into the ground, has given way to the unglamorous but essential work of driving across the state, county by county, listening to voters’ concerns.
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In the May Democratic primary, Fetterman easily defeated Conor Lamb and Malcolm Kenyatta. He won because of the years he had spent building a relationship with Democratic voters in cities like this one. Add in his reputation for transparency, delivered with an economic populist message, and his appeal was pitch-perfect for the liberal Democratic voters who show up in primaries.
Fetterman’s lack of public interaction with anyone — regular people or reporters — outside of short videos or posts on Twitter has raised concerns among voters who supported him. Although blue-check Twitter loves his snark and rewards him daily with retweets and stories about how clever his tactics are, voters say they hope he will pivot to issues sooner rather than later.
Keystone College professor Jeff Brauer said Fetterman’s use of stunts to drive a story are pretty common in campaigns. “Good, bad, and ugly gimmicks have always been part of American politics,” he said, adding that oftentimes these types of tactics are successful.
Brauer added that once fall arrives, he expects Fetterman to become more serious. “It will be much more telling then if Fetterman isn’t willing/able to make that shift,” he said.
Fetterman has always been most successful when he is meeting people where they are. Before his stroke, it would have been hard to imagine him not being out on the trail at county fairs, parish festivals and stock car races, just randomly showing up in towns, cities or suburbs and pressing the flesh. But for now, that is all apparently off the table.
In short, Fetterman’s ground game has always been Fetterman himself, not some volunteer, not some DSCC transplant, not some surrogate. Just him, listening, asking and interacting, and the word of mouth that spreads that liberal gospel.
The question is, will tweet-storming be enough to replace his greatest asset: himself?
“Ultimately this election, like so often in Pennsylvania, will come down to the kitchen-table issues that motivate most Pennsylvanian voters — Democrats, Republicans, and independents alike; those issues this cycle most especially include the cost of living/inflation/gas prices and crime/public safety,” said Brauer.
“So indeed, it will better serve the Fetterman campaign to focus on those issues more fully, rather than gimmicks, particularly when the race heats up at the end of the summer,” he said.
Some Democrats and reporters have been lulled into believing because Oz is not on the air, he must not be doing anything. But just because a candidate is not on the air doesn’t mean he isn’t doing the things you have to do to win a race. In truth, Oz is doing all of the things Fetterman currently cannot do. He is attending business roundtables, meeting with trade groups and unions and walking through small towns, suburbs, county fairs and parish festivals.
To date, he has logged over 2,500 miles on the state’s roads and held over 50 campaign events in 20 counties; in a state like Pennsylvania, that is how you win a competitive race.
The challenge Oz faces outside of improving his negatives is that he has no natural base in the state. This means he needs to keep doing what he is doing; it is exhausting and grueling, but certainly not impossible.
Fetterman leads Oz in the race for the seat by 6 points in a recently published AARP poll. The result shows the race tightening from a USA Today poll earlier that had Fetterman leading by 9 points.
Fetterman has never run head-to-head against a Republican opponent. He faced no Republican challenger in the city of Braddock in his run for mayor. He lost a Senate primary race to another Democrat in 2016. He won the lieutenant governor primary against another Democrat and was on the ticket with Wolf for lieutenant governor, but not the main event.
Fetterman has also always been a loner. His ties to the state party and local Democratic parties are threadbare at best. But his lone wolf approach has not cost him anything yet. Beginning with his loss in the U.S. Senate primary race in 2016, he never stopped campaigning. By the time he ran and won the lieutenant governor primary in 2018, he had found a way to do it without the support of a conventional ground game or the support of the party.
That win was historic in that no candidate from either party had ever unseated a sitting lieutenant governor in a primary.
Oz, too, has never run head-to-head against a Democrat. In fact, the only race he’s ever run and won was the one in May.
Fetterman’s challenges are multiple. It is a terrible year for Democrats. His strongest asset has been sidelined. Voters in this state are leaving the Democratic Party in droves. All Oz has to do in theory is not run against Fetterman but focus on the failures of Biden and liberalism. This could help him overcome the carpetbagger label that Fetterman is trying to affix upon him.
There is an upside-down world feel about this race that defies conventional wisdom at every turn. The result here come November will not be the result of election models, nor of anything that happens on Twitter. | https://magicvalley.com/news/opinion/columns/salena-zito-the-upside-down-world-of-the-pennsylvania-senate-race/article_8abfcb70-0f6c-11ed-8c71-5f245bb14405.html | 2022-07-31T20:25:31Z | https://magicvalley.com/news/opinion/columns/salena-zito-the-upside-down-world-of-the-pennsylvania-senate-race/article_8abfcb70-0f6c-11ed-8c71-5f245bb14405.html | true |
Landon J. Brown, Republican (Incumbent)
Q: What qualities, training, experiences, and skills would you bring to this office?
A: I have six years of legislative experience that lends the ability to work with diverse groups and pass effective legislation. I have worked in the executive branch of the government and understand the intricacies involved in providing government services to the public. I am an active legislator who accepts, to a fault, calls and emails from throughout the state to engage constituents for effective representation. I am objective on the majority of issues that face Wyoming and attempt to balance these issues with a balance approach to ensure that we are actually solving problems and not creating new ones.
Q: What, if anything, would you support to improve reasonable access to health care in Wyoming?
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A: Medicaid expansion is a no-brainer decision for Wyoming. The unfortunate tie to the federal government's passage of the Affordable Care Act is what scares the majority of people. The uncertainty of the federal government's inability to fulfill it's responsibility should be calmed by the fact that it has been in effect for nearly 10 years now and no state has been refused funding. We clearly need to help our community hospitals and our critical access hospitals as services are going to be reduced to the extent that it may reduce the ability to provide any level of care for smaller communities. As a state, we have passed up on hundreds of millions in assistance for our neighbors and it's all in an effort to thumb our nose at the feds.
Q: What, if any, specific measures would you propose to generate future state revenue?
A: The generation of new revenue is not what needs to be addressed at this point. We need to broaden and lower our tax base and have a more equitable tax base where we have a more strategized approach to the issues that face Wyoming. With a budget surplus being projected right now, it's the right time to start these discussions so we are more prepared for the next slowdown in our economy.
Q: Current school funding is adequate.
A: Neither agree nor disagree.
Q: Please explain your answer on school funding.
A: School funding is not based on per kid as easily as it's shown in the media. We need to understand that reducing our education funding means reductions in access to schools in small communities that are already tight in their budget. I do not agree with increasing education funding unless the money is directly tied to classroom funding and that includes teacher pay, supplies and special assistants to classroom teachers.
Stephen D. Latham, Democrat
Q: What qualities, training, experiences, and skills would you bring to this office?
A: Serving in the military has helped me with my leadership skills which I believe is very important in this role. My overall life experience has helped my skills in communication, problem solving and working together, which I also believe can facilitate a win-win situation for all involved.
Q: What, if anything, would you support to improve reasonable access to health care in Wyoming?
A: Health care is very important to me so I would support issues like Medicaid expansion in Wyoming and funding for mental health issues.
Q: What, if any, specific measures would you propose to generate future state revenue?
A: I support economic diversification and state-level tax reforms to grow state revenues.
Q: Current school funding is adequate.
A: Disagree.
Q: Please explain your answer on school funding.
A: Children are our future and we need to invest the very best in their education. The better the funding the more likely we will have children that are creative thinkers, children who will be better prepared to solve our current world problems.
Dean Petersen, Republican
Q: What qualities, training, experiences, and skills would you bring to this office?
A: Organizational and communication skills: B.A. in film studies, MBA with a concentration in marketing. Selfless Service: resigned from work to serve full-time in the U.S. Army. Most importantly, belief in clear goals, transparency, and integrity: even my most basic campaign materials give clear information on what I’m up to and trying to achieve for our district and state. I don’t like politicians who expect our votes without saying what they will do.
Q: What, if anything, would you support to improve reasonable access to health care in Wyoming?
A: No response.
Q: What, if any, specific measures would you propose to generate future state revenue?
A: Diversify our economy by supporting tourism, outdoor rec, small agriculture and cottage industries.
Q: Current school funding is adequate.
A: Disagree.
Q: Please explain your answer on school funding.
A: No response.
Alan Sheldon, Republican
Q: What qualities, training, experiences, and skills would you bring to this office?
A: No response.
Q: What, if anything, would you support to improve reasonable access to health care in Wyoming?
A: No response.
Q: What, if any, specific measures would you propose to generate future state revenue?
A: No response.
Q: Current school funding is adequate.
A: No response.
Q: Please explain your answer on school funding.
A: No response. | https://trib.com/state-house-district-9/article_42391700-03a8-11ed-ac9f-cf7306b8870f.html | 2022-07-31T20:26:01Z | https://trib.com/state-house-district-9/article_42391700-03a8-11ed-ac9f-cf7306b8870f.html | true |
(WHNT) – Robocalls are annoying enough, but robotexts? According to the Federal Communications Commission, scammers are adding another tool into their arsenal to annoy Americans.
The FCC tracks complaints as opposed to actual call volume, but the agency’s own stats show complaints about unwanted text messages have risen steadily in recent years. Around 5,700 complaints were filed in 2019, 14,000 in 2020, 15,300 in 2021, and 8,500 through June 30, 2022.
Scammers want you to interact with them when they send you a text message, the FCC explains. They often use believable, but false, claims in an effort to collect your money or personal information, or to ensure your number is active for future scams.
What to Look For
These scam text messages can take many forms, according to the FCC, claiming:
- You have unpaid bills
- There was an issue with a package delivery
- There is an issue with a bank account
- You have an outstanding warrant or another issue with law enforcement
In all these cases, the FCC said these texts may use fear and anxiety, as well as confusing or incomplete information, to get you to engage with the scammer.
Scam texts, also known as “smishing,” often include some or all of the following:
- Comes from an unknown number and/or a number that’s 10 or more digits long
- Contains misleading/incomplete information
- Words that are misspelled to avoid blocking/filtering tools
- Contains mysterious links
- Is a sales pitch
How to Stay Safe
There are ways to protect yourself from these scammers. The FCC recommends that you:
- Don’t respond to suspicious texts (even by texting STOP)
- Don’t click on any links
- Don’t provide any information, whether by replying or through a website in the suspicious message
- File a complaint with the FCC (online or by calling 888-225-5322)
- Forward unwanted texts to SPAM (7726)
- Delete the suspicious texts
- Keep your smart devices (and security apps, if applicable) up to date
- Consider installing anti-malware software (if applicable)
- Carefully review company policies regarding opting out of text alerts and selling/sharing of consumer information
- Review text blocking tools offered on specific mobile phones (such as Apple’s built-in blocking on newer versions of iOS/iPadOS or the phone app on Android), and through third parties
The best rule of thumb is that if a text message is suspicious, don’t respond and instead call the business, organization, or law enforcement agency the message claims to be. Valid phone numbers can be found on a bill, the organization/business/agency’s official website, or official social media pages.
The FCC recently ordered phone companies to block scam robocalls promoting auto warranties. All U.S. voice services providers must “take all necessary steps to avoid carrying this robocall traffic” or regularly report ways they are mitigating the traffic to the FCC, the agency announced in a press release earlier this month. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/fcc-robotext-scams-on-the-rise-heres-how-you-can-stay-safe/ | 2022-07-31T20:39:56Z | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/fcc-robotext-scams-on-the-rise-heres-how-you-can-stay-safe/ | true |
WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
201 PM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...The Flood Advisory is cancelled for the following rivers in
Texas...
Canadian River at Amarillo 19N affecting Potter County.
...FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
The Flood Advisory is cancelled for
the Canadian River at Amarillo 19N.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1:30 PM CDT Sunday the stage was 4.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 4.9
feet just after midnight tonight.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Aussie pool queen Emma McKeon wins the most gold medals of any Commonwealth Games athlete EVER with victory in 50m freestyle - passing her idols Ian Thorpe and Susie O'Neill
Australia's Emma McKeon is the most successful athlete in Commonwealth Games history after winning the 50m freestyle gold medal in Birmingham.
The Wollongong wonder captured the 11th gold medal in her Commonwealth Games career with Sunday night's triumph.
McKeon eclipses the previous record for most Commonwealth golds - 10 - by Australian swimmers Susie O'Neill, Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones.
'It's really nice to be mentioned alongside some of those names and I will be part of that history for years to come, hopefully,' McKeon said.
McKeon's history-making gold rush could continue with the Aussie scheduled to compete in another four events in Birmingham
McKeon celebrates her history-making victory in the 50m freestyle with bronze medallist and Aussie teammate Shayna Jack
'They're the ones who inspired me when I was young. I remember watching them on TV and that lit the fire in me to be where I am now.'
McKeon's 50m freestyle follows her earlier victories in Birmingham in the mixed 4x100 freestyle relay and women's 4x100 freestyle relay.
The 28-year-old collected four gold medals at both the 2018 Gold Coast Games and the 2014 edition in Glasgow.
'It is special. It makes me reflect on the last eight years since my first Commonwealth Games,' she said.
'I can see how far I've come as a person and an athlete.
McKeon has the chance to add more gold to her Birmingham haul with expected swims in four more events - about 50 minutes before her record-breaking freestyle, she was quickest qualifier for the 50m butterfly final.
McKeon is also Australia's most decorated Olympian with 11 medals - five gold, two silver and four bronze.
And her landmark Commonwealth gold in the 50m freestyle came in an Australian medal sweep with Meg Harris taking the silver and Shayna Jack the bronze.
McKeon won four golds at both the 2014 Games in Glasgow and the 2018 Games on Queensland's Gold Coast - now her 50m free win (pictured) has propelled her into the sporting record books
The 28-year-old and her partner, pop star Cody Simpson (pictured while training) have been making headlines for months - but the distractions had no effect on her in the pool
McKeon edged her fellow Aussies to win in 23.99 seconds with the fast-finishing Harris (24.32) pipping Jack (24.36) for the silver.
Also Sunday night, Jenna Strauch (women's 200m breaststroke) and Tim Hodge (men's 100m breaststroke S8) added silvers to Australia's medal tally.
Hodge's teammate Blake Cochrane won the bronze in the final won by New Zealand's Josh Willmer.
Kyle Chalmers rose above controversy outside the pool to be the fastest qualifier for the men's 100m freestyle final with fellow Australians William Yang (third) and Zac Incerti (eighth) also into the medal race.
Australia's Bowen Gough finished fourth and Brendon Smith was last in the men's 200m butterfly final won by another Kiwi, Lewis Clareburt. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/article-11067167/Swim-queen-Emma-McKeon-wins-11th-Commonwealth-Games-gold-medal-athlete-ever.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-31T20:50:03Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/article-11067167/Swim-queen-Emma-McKeon-wins-11th-Commonwealth-Games-gold-medal-athlete-ever.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
BAGHDAD (AP) — With mattresses strewn about, food trucked in and protesters playacting as lawmakers, hundreds of followers of an influential Shiite cleric were camped out Sunday inside the Iraqi parliament after toppling security walls around the building and storming in the previous day.
The protesters — followers of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr — pledged to hold an open-ended sit-in to derail efforts by their rivals from Iran-backed political groups to form the country’s next government. Their demands are lofty: early elections, constitutional amendments and the ouster of al-Sadr’s opponents.
The developments have catapulted Iraq’s politics to center stage, plunging the country deeper into a political crisis as a power struggle unfolds between the two major Shiite groups.
Al-Sadr has not visited the scene but egged his loyalists on, tweeting on Sunday that the sit-in was “a great opportunity to radically challenge the political system, the constitution, and the elections.” He called on all Iraqis to join the “revolution,” an indication the sit-in will likely become a drawn-out event.
On Sunday, the sit-in appeared more of a joyous celebration than a political protest — al-Sadr’s followers were dancing, praying and chanting slogans inside the parliament, in praise of their leader. In between, they took naps on mattresses lining the grand halls.
It was a scene starkly different from the one on Saturday, when protesters used ropes and chains to topple concrete walls around the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, then flooded into the assembly building. It was the second such breach last week, but this time they did not disperse peacefully.
Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades at first, to try to repel the demonstrators. The Ministry of Health said about 125 people were injured in the violence — 100 protesters and 25 members of the security forces. Within a few hours, the police backed off, leaving the parliament to the protesters.
The takeover of the parliament showed al-Sadr was using his large grassroots following as a pressure tactic against his rivals in the Coordination Framework — an alliance of Shiite parties backed by Iran and lead by former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki — after his party was not able to form a government despite having won the largest number of seats in the federal elections held last October.
Neither side appears willing to concede and al-Sadr seems intent on derailing government formation efforts by the Iran-backed groups.
But there were red-lines — the road to the judicial council building nearby was closed, with heavy security presence around it. Breaching the building would amount to a coup, and al-Sadr had ordered his followers to steer clear of it.
The protesters appeared prepared for the long-haul — or at least an extended sit-in.
Tuk-tuks, a mainstay of transportation in the impoverished Baghdad suburb of Sadr City from where the cleric derives much of his following, shuttled demonstrators to and from the parliament for a fee of 1,000 Iraqi dinars, or 60 cents.
Coolers were set up and water bottles were passed around. A child handed out sweets while teenagers sold juice from sacks. A few women — a minority in the male-dominated demonstration — swept the floors.
Outside, garbage from food packages and other trash littered the street leading up to the parliament gate while trucks brought in giant cauldrons of steaming rice and beans to feed the protesters. Signs nearby read: “Revolution Restaurant”
Al-Sadr’s portraits hung everywhere. Many protesters smoked, tossing cigarette butts on the floor, and cigarette smoke filled the assembly.
A young man, Samir Aziz Abbas sold popsicles. “I am here to make a living,” he said, wiping the sweat from his brow.
One protester, Haidar Jameel assumed the seat of Parliament Speaker Mohammed Halbousi — among the most powerful political figures in Iraq — and from it, looked on at his rowdy fellow demonstrators. After al-Sadr’s followers took over the parliament, Halbousi had suspended future sessions until further notice.
“We will not back down until our demands are met,” Jameel declared.
Al-Sadr’s support base consists largely of impoverished Iraqis living in the slums of Baghdad, attracted by calls against corruption. But al-Sadr is also an establishment figure, with many civil servants appointed by his party throughout the state apparatus.
By choosing to stage his protest ahead of the Shiite Islam’s holy day of Ashura, al-Sadr capitalized on a moment when religious fervor runs high — protesters performed religious rituals inside the parliament. At midday, an imam led a prayer in the central lobby.
Ashura commemorates the killing of the Prophet Muhammed’s grandson, Imam Hussein. Iraqis typically march in the thousands to commemorate the day in the holy city of Karbala and emotions run high in the days leading up to it.
According to Shiite religious belief, one way of showing love toward Imam Hussein is to rise against oppression.
Al-Sadr’s messaging to his followers is imbued with references to the pilgrimage, said Marsin Alshamary, a post–doctoral fellow at the Brookings Institution.
For the protesters, most of them young men, the sit-in offers a chance to come close to the seat of power in a system that has long neglected them. Before, they would not have been able to enter the heavily fortified zone without permission.
When Meethak Muhi took his turn to sit in the seat of the deputy speaker of parliament, he tied himself to the chair with a scarf.
“The parliament, it’s finished,” he shouted. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/iraq-clerics-followers-camped-out-in-parliament-for-2nd-day/ | 2022-07-31T21:00:58Z | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/iraq-clerics-followers-camped-out-in-parliament-for-2nd-day/ | false |
MERRILLVILLE — Merrillville officials are interested in establishing a downtown area, and a location behind Town Hall could develop into that in coming years.
The town last year acquired about 16 acres of land behind Town Hall for future development, and the municipality is looking to purchase more land adjacent to it.
The Town Council has approved resolutions authorizing the appointment of appraisers so Merrillville can acquire multiple parcels that total about 3 acres of land near 78th Avenue and Madison Street.
Town Manager Patrick Reardon said the expectation is for all of the land behind Town Hall to become a “town center” in coming years.
“The town center would be the new home for town government,” Reardon said.
After the new municipal complex is built, the Merrillville Police Department would remain in the existing Town Hall, officials have said.
Besides a new municipal complex, Merrillville also would attract commercial, retail, restaurants and other establishments to the property.
“Think of Valparaiso downtown, think of Crown Point downtown,” Reardon said.
Besides offering a place to shop and eat, the land also could provide recreational opportunities with the potential for a new park, walking paths and a dog park, officials said.
“And further the town image,” Reardon said. “It will take some time, but gathering and marshaling the land is the first step.”
As the town moves toward purchasing the additional land, the development of it and the creation of a downtown will be analyzed in Merrillville’s next comprehensive plan.
The town recently issued a request for proposals and qualifications (RFP) from firms interested in establishing the new compressive plan, and responses are heading to a selection committee for review. The committee consists of town staff, Plan Commission members and Town Council members.
The current master plan was developed in 1999, and it’s clear much has changed since then.The closing and demolition of the Star Plaza Theatre and Radisson Hotel site are among significant changes
Each of Merrillville’s seven wards will have space designated outside the community center to gather for Night Out Aug. 2. Residents can bring chairs and grills to cook out and meet with each other.
The town has lost public works employees to the private sector. Although Merrillville offers competitive wages, outside companies are providing signing bonuses and other incentives.
Councilman Shawn Pettit, D-6th, said the total investment for the initiatives exceeds $130 million. It’s anticipated the projects will create hundreds of jobs in town. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/merrillville/merrillville-seeks-more-land-for-town-center/article_4c6c1093-3dad-55e1-9841-fac72c1dd062.html | 2022-07-31T21:07:07Z | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/merrillville/merrillville-seeks-more-land-for-town-center/article_4c6c1093-3dad-55e1-9841-fac72c1dd062.html | false |
17-year-old wins Epson Tour FireKeepers Casino Hotel event in playoff
Yin is youngest champion ever in ninth annual Epson Tour event at Battle Creek Country Club
Golf fans in Battle Creek saw two things they had never seen before at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship.
It was the first time the event had gone to a playoff.
And that playoff hole was won by a 17-year-old, the youngest champion ever in the tournament.
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Xiaowen Yin, who won't be 18 until December, recorded her first career win on the Epson Tour by defeating Gina Kim in a one-hole playoff in the ninth annual FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship at the Battle Creek Country Club on Sunday.
The 17-year-old earns a $30,000 payday with the victory, making it the highlight of her rookie season on the tour.
"This is unbelievable to me. I never thought I could win this. I am so happy," Yin said.
Yin led throughout all three rounds of the weekend, after having never led a round in her short career.
However, she found herself tied with Kim on the final hole of regulation, each with a makeable par putt within 10 feet. However, each missed a chance to win the tournament on the 18th hole, finishing at 13-under-par.
The playoff rules had both golfers going back to the tee box at No. 18 in a sudden-death format. Kim found her approach shot just on the fringe of the green with Yin away near the greenside bunker in the rough.
Yin pitched up to the green, but was still 11 feet out with Kim inside of that, looking at a four-foot par putt.
Yin buried her long putt and when Kim missed, the tournament championship was decided.
"That last putt, I wasn't really nervous. I was thinking, I can make this putt," Yin said. "And then, I was just thinking we were going to play another hole, but she missed."
This is Yin's fourth top 10 finish on the Epson Tour this season, but her best result before Sunday was fifth. Despite that, the teenager showed a lot of composure.
"The course was in amazing shape. I had a great week here. I wasn't thinking too much. I was just trying to focus on my shots," Yin said.
Kim's second place netted her $18,685 with Lara Wearn, Grace Kim and Rachel Rohanna all tied for third at 11-under par. | https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/sports/2022/07/31/17-year-old-wins-epson-tour-firekeepers-casino-hotel-event-playoff/10197398002/ | 2022-07-31T21:07:22Z | https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/sports/2022/07/31/17-year-old-wins-epson-tour-firekeepers-casino-hotel-event-playoff/10197398002/ | true |
Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ has died at 89
(AP) – Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood when she played communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” television series, has died at the age of 89.
Her son Kyle Johnson said Nichols died Saturday in Silver City, New Mexico.
“Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes and passed away. Her light however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy, learn from, and draw inspiration,” Johnson wrote on her official Facebook page Sunday. “Hers was a life well lived and as such a model for us all.”
Her role in the 1966-69 series as Lt. Uhura earned Nichols a lifelong position of honor with the series’ rabid fans, known as Trekkers and Trekkies. It also earned her accolades for breaking stereotypes that had limited Black women to acting roles as servants and included an interracial onscreen kiss with co-star William Shatner that was unheard of at the time.
“I shall have more to say about the trailblazing, incomparable Nichelle Nichols, who shared the bridge with us as Lt. Uhura of the USS Enterprise, and who passed today at age 89,” George Takei wrote on Twitter. “For today, my heart is heavy, my eyes shining like the stars you now rest among, my dearest friend.”
Like other original cast members, Nichols also appeared in six big-screen spinoffs starting in 1979 with “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” and frequented “Star Trek” fan conventions. She also served for many years as a NASA recruiter, helping bring minorities and women into the astronaut corps.
More recently, she had a recurring role on television’s “Heroes,” playing the great-aunt of a young boy with mystical powers.
The original “Star Trek” premiered on NBC on Sept. 8, 1966. Its multicultural, multiracial cast was creator Gene Roddenberry’s message to viewers that in the far-off future — the 23rd century — human diversity would be fully accepted.
“I think many people took it into their hearts ... that what was being said on TV at that time was a reason to celebrate,” Nichols said in 1992 when a “Star Trek” exhibit was on view at the Smithsonian Institution.
She often recalled how Martin Luther King Jr. was a fan of the show and praised her role. She met him at a civil rights gathering in 1967, at a time when she had decided not to return for the show’s second season.
“When I told him I was going to miss my co-stars and I was leaving the show, he became very serious and said, ‘You cannot do that,’” she told The Tulsa (Okla.) World in a 2008 interview.
“‘You’ve changed the face of television forever, and therefore, you’ve changed the minds of people,’” she said the civil rights leader told her.
“That foresight Dr. King had was a lightning bolt in my life,” Nichols said.
During the show’s third season, Nichols’ character and Shatner’s Capt. James Kirk shared what was described as the first interracial kiss to be broadcast on a U.S. television series. In the episode, “Plato’s Stepchildren,” their characters, who always maintained a platonic relationship, were forced into the kiss by aliens who were controlling their actions.
The kiss “suggested that there was a future where these issues were not such a big deal,” Eric Deggans, a television critic for National Public Radio, told The Associated Press in 2018. “The characters themselves were not freaking out because a Black woman was kissing a white man ... In this utopian-like future, we solved this issue. We’re beyond it. That was a wonderful message to send.”
Worried about reaction from Southern television stations, showrunners wanted to film a second take of the scene where the kiss happened off-screen. But Nichols said in her book, “Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories,” that she and Shatner deliberately flubbed lines to force the original take to be used.
Despite concerns, the episode aired without blowback. In fact, it got the most “fan mail that Paramount had ever gotten on Star Trek for one episode,” Nichols said in a 2010 interview with the Archive of American Television.
Born Grace Dell Nichols in Robbins, Illinois, Nichols hated being called “Gracie,” which everyone insisted on, she said in the 2010 interview. When she was a teen her mother told her she had wanted to name her Michelle, but thought she ought to have alliterative initials like Marilyn Monroe, whom Nichols loved. Hence, “Nichelle.”
Nichols first worked professionally as a singer and dancer in Chicago at age 14, moving on to New York nightclubs and working for a time with the Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton bands before coming to Hollywood for her film debut in 1959′s “Porgy and Bess,” the first of several small film and TV roles that led up to her “Star Trek” stardom.
Nichols was known as being unafraid to stand up to Shatner on the set when others complained that he was stealing scenes and camera time. They later learned she had a strong supporter in the show’s creator.
In her 1994 book, “Beyond Uhura,” she said she met Roddenberry when she guest starred on his show “The Lieutenant,” and the two had an affair a couple of years before “Star Trek” began. The two remained lifelong close friends.
Another fan of Nichols and the show was future astronaut Mae Jemison, who became the first black woman in space when she flew aboard the shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
In an AP interview before her flight, Jemison said she watched Nichols on “Star Trek” all the time, adding she loved the show. Jemison eventually got to meet Nichols.
Nichols was a regular at “Star Trek” conventions and events into her 80s, but her schedule became limited starting in 2018 when her son announced that she was suffering from advanced dementia.
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Former Associated Press Writer Polly Anderson contributed biographical material to this report.
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Brewers second. Andrew McCutchen pops out to second base to Yolmer Sanchez. Kolten Wong doubles to deep left center field. Hunter Renfroe homers to left field. Kolten Wong scores. Luis Urias pops out to shallow right field to Yolmer Sanchez. Omar Narvaez grounds out to shallow infield, Yolmer Sanchez to Bobby Dalbec.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Brewers 2, Red sox 0.
Red sox fifth. Christian Arroyo walks. Yolmer Sanchez reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Christian Arroyo to second. Fielding error by Kolten Wong. Jackie Bradley Jr. reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow infield. Yolmer Sanchez to second. Christian Arroyo out at third. Jaylin Davis lines out to left center field to Christian Yelich. Xander Bogaerts doubles to deep left field. Jackie Bradley Jr. scores. Yolmer Sanchez scores. J.D. Martinez doubles to deep right field. Xander Bogaerts scores. Christian Vazquez doubles to right field. J.D. Martinez scores. Alex Verdugo doubles to left field. Christian Vazquez scores. Bobby Dalbec flies out to left field to Christian Yelich.
5 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Red sox 5, Brewers 2.
Red sox sixth. Christian Arroyo doubles to deep left field. Yolmer Sanchez lines out to deep right field to Hunter Renfroe. Christian Arroyo to third. Jackie Bradley Jr. doubles to deep right center field. Christian Arroyo scores. Jaylin Davis singles to center field. Jackie Bradley Jr. scores. Xander Bogaerts flies out to right field to Hunter Renfroe. J.D. Martinez lines out to deep right field to Hunter Renfroe.
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Nichelle Nichols, who gained fame as communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” television series, has died at the age of 89.
Her son Kyle Johnson said Nichols died Saturday in Silver City, New Mexico.
“Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes and passed away. Her light however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy, learn from, and draw inspiration,” Johnson wrote on her official Facebook page Sunday. “Hers was a life well lived and as such a model for us all.”
Her role in the 1966-69 series as Lt. Uhura earned Nichols a lifelong position of honor with the series’ rabid fans, known as Trekkers and Trekkies. It also earned her accolades for breaking stereotypes that had limited Black women to acting roles as servants and included an interracial onscreen kiss with co-star William Shatner that was unheard of at the time.
She often recalled how the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a fan of the show and praised her role and personally encouraged her to stay with the series.
Like other original cast members, Nichols also appeared in six big-screen spinoffs starting in 1979 with “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” and frequented “Star Trek” fan conventions. She also served for many years as a NASA recruiter, helping bring minorities and women into the astronaut corps.
More recently, she had a recurring role on television’s “Heroes,” playing the great-aunt of a young boy with mystical powers. | https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/ct-aud-ent-nichelle-nichols-dead-89-20220731-w65tileuvbgrfmb7ifmwiak62i-story.html | 2022-07-31T21:16:01Z | https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/ct-aud-ent-nichelle-nichols-dead-89-20220731-w65tileuvbgrfmb7ifmwiak62i-story.html | true |
(CNN) — Sunscreen is marketed as helping protect against skin cancer — but now some batches of a popular brand are being voluntarily recalled because they may contain a carcinogen.
An internal review of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 found some samples contained trace levels of benzene, which is classified as a human carcinogen. Edgewell Personal Care Co., maker of Banana Boat products, is issuing a nationwide recall of three batches of the sunscreen spray.
The recalled batches have expiration dates of December 2022, February 2023 or April 2024.
The recall said that although benzene is not an ingredient in Banana Boat products, “unexpected levels” of the carcinogen were found in the spray propellant.
Edgewell Personal Care Company said consumers should dispose of the affected product and will be offered reimbursements. More information on the recall can be found here. | https://www.wishtv.com/news/national/a-popular-sunscreen-is-being-recalled-because-it-may-contain-a-carcinogen/ | 2022-07-31T21:29:42Z | https://www.wishtv.com/news/national/a-popular-sunscreen-is-being-recalled-because-it-may-contain-a-carcinogen/ | true |
By JIMMY GOLEN
AP Sports Writer
BOSTON (AP) — Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first Black head coach in any major U.S. sport — and marched for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr., died Sunday. He was 88.
His family posted the news on social media, saying Russell died with his wife, Jeannine, by his side. The statement did not give the cause of death.
“Bill’s wife, Jeannine, and his many friends and family thank you for keeping Bill in your prayers. Perhaps you’ll relive one or two of the golden moments he gave us, or recall his trademark laugh as he delighted in explaining the real story behind how those moments unfolded,” the family statement said. “And we hope each of us can find a new way to act or speak up with Bill’s uncompromising, dignified and always constructive commitment to principle. That would be one last, and lasting, win for our beloved #6.”
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement that Russell was “the greatest champion in all of team sports.”
“Bill stood for something much bigger than sports: the values of equality, respect and inclusion that he stamped into the DNA of our league. At the height of his athletic career, Bill advocated vigorously for civil rights and social justice, a legacy he passed down to generations of NBA players who followed in his footsteps,” Silver said. “Through the taunts, threats and unthinkable adversity, Bill rose above it all and remained true to his belief that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity.
A Hall of Famer, five-time Most Valuable Player and 12-time All-Star, Russell in 1980 was voted the greatest player in the NBA history by basketball writers. He remains the sport’s most prolific winner as a player and an archetype of selflessness who won with defense and rebounding while leaving the scoring to others. Often, that meant Wilt Chamberlain, the only player of the era who was a worthy rival for Russell.
But Russell dominated in the only stat he cared about: 11 championships to two.
The native of Louisiana also left a lasting mark as a Black athlete in a city — and country — where race is often a flash point. He was at the March on Washington in 1963, when King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, and he backed Muhammad Ali when the boxer was pilloried for refusing induction into the military draft.
“To be the greatest champion in your sport, to revolutionize the way the game is played, and to be a societal leader all at once seems unthinkable, but that is who Bill Russell was,” the Boston Celtics said in a statement.
In 2011, President Barack Obama awarded Russell the Medal of Freedom alongside Congressman John Lewis, billionaire investor Warren Buffett, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and baseball great Stan Musial.
“Bill Russell, the man, is someone who stood up for the rights and dignity of all men,” Obama said at the ceremony. “He marched with King; he stood by Ali. When a restaurant refused to serve the Black Celtics, he refused to play in the scheduled game. He endured insults and vandalism, but he kept on focusing on making the teammates who he loved better players and made possible the success of so many who would follow.”
Russell said that when he was growing up in the segregated South and later California his parents instilled in him the calm confidence that allowed him to brush off racist taunts.
“Years later, people asked me what I had to go through,” Russell said in 2008. “Unfortunately, or fortunately, I’ve never been through anything. From my first moment of being alive was the notion that my mother and father loved me.” It was Russell’s mother who would tell him to disregard comments from those who might see him playing in the yard.
“Whatever they say, good or bad, they don’t know you,” he recalled her saying. “They’re wrestling with their own demons.”
But it was Jackie Robinson who gave Russell a road map for dealing with racism in his sport: “Jackie was a hero to us. He always conducted himself as a man. He showed me the way to be a man in professional sports.”
The feeling was mutual, Russell learned, when Robinson’s widow, Rachel, called and asked him to be a pallbearer at her husband’s funeral in 1972.
“She hung the phone up and I asked myself, ‘How do you get to be a hero to Jackie Robinson?’” Russell said. “I was so flattered.”
William Felton Russell was born on Feb. 12, 1934, in Monroe, Louisiana. He was a child when his family moved to the West Coast, and he went to high school in Oakland, California, and then the University of San Francisco. He led the Dons to NCAA championships in 1955 and 1956 and won a gold medal in 1956 at the Melbourne Olympics in Australia.
Celtics coach and general manager Red Auerbach so coveted Russell that he worked out a trade with the St. Louis Hawks for the second pick in the draft. He promised the Rochester Royals, who owned the No. 1 pick, a lucrative visit by the Ice Capades, which were also run by Celtics owner Walter Brown.
Still, Russell arrived in Boston to complaints that he wasn’t that good. “People said it was a wasted draft choice, wasted money,” he recalled. “They said, ‘He’s no good. All he can do is block shots and rebound.’ And Red said, ‘That’s enough.’”
The Celtics also picked up Tommy Heinsohn and K.C. Jones, Russell’s college teammate, in the same draft. Although Russell joined the team late because he was leading the U.S. to the Olympic gold, Boston finished the regular season with the league’s best record.
The Celtics won the NBA championship — their first of 17 — in a double-overtime seventh game against Bob Pettit’s St. Louis Hawks. Russell won his first MVP award the next season, but the Hawks won the title in a finals rematch. The Celtics won it all again in 1959, starting an unprecedented string of eight consecutive NBA crowns.
A 6-foot-10 center, Russell never averaged more than 18.9 points during his 13 seasons, each year averaging more rebounds per game than points. For 10 seasons he averaged more than 20 rebounds. He once had 51 rebounds in a game; Chamberlain holds the record with 55.
Auerbach retired after winning the 1966 title, and Russell became the player-coach — the first Black head coach in NBA history, and almost a decade before Frank Robinson took over baseball’s Cleveland Indians. Boston finished with the second-best regular-season record in the NBA, and its title streak ended with a loss to Chamberlain and the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Division finals.
Russell led the Celtics back to titles in 1968 and ’69, each time winning seven-game playoff series against Chamberlain. Russell retired after the ’69 finals, returning for a relatively successful — but unfulfilling — four-year stint as coach and GM of the Seattle SuperSonics and a less fruitful half season as coach of the Sacramento Kings.
Russell’s No. 6 jersey was retired by the Celtics in 1972. He earned spots on the NBA’s 25th anniversary all-time team in 1970, 35th anniversary team in 1980 and 75th anniversary team. In 1996, he was hailed as one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players. In 2009, the MVP trophy of the NBA Finals was named in his honor — even though Russell never won himself, because it wasn’t awarded for the first time until 1969.
In 2013, a statue was unveiled on Boston’s City Hall Plaza of Russell surrounded by blocks of granite with quotes on leadership and character. Russell was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1975 but did not attend the ceremony, saying he should not have been the first African American elected. (Chuck Cooper, the NBA’s first Black player, was his choice.)
In 2019, Russell accepted his Hall of Fame ring in a private gathering. “I felt others before me should have had that honor,” he tweeted. “Good to see progress.”
Silver said he “often called (Russell) basketball’s Babe Ruth for how he transcended time.”
“Bill was the ultimate winner and consummate teammate, and his influence on the NBA will be felt forever,” Silver added. “We send our deepest condolences to his wife, Jeannine, his family and his many friends.”
His family said that arrangements for Russell’s memorial service will be announced in the coming days.
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BALTIMORE COUNTY — Tucked away in Windsor Mill, the community of Rutherford Heights celebrated their first reunion Saturday afternoon.
The neighborhood holds a lot of history as it brought together people from opposite sides of Baltimore. Many of the residents can recall their parents moving from them from the city into this suburban neighborhood when they were children.
"For me, coming from the city and being real active with so much to do, but then coming to a rural area. I was like wait a minute," said Le'Nard Chisolm, member of the community.
Chisolm moved to the community when he was only 10 and is touted as the "big brother" or the "community organizer" by other members.
Lisha Solomon Evans, another community member, describes the area as "wholesome."
"It was very wholesome. Everybody parented each other's children. I mean, it just in general, it was Mayberry. Urban stuff," said Evans.
Living in this neighborhood taught everyone how to get along with each other without being disrespectful, a quality that Chisolm says is a major descriptor of the community.
"I mean, we couldn't believe when we first started, it was, Okay, let's try this. Let's try that. And everybody was very instrumental of what they brought as a community member to the tape, you know, and that really helped," Chisolm explained.
Now, the people in the area continue to build on the legacy their parents left for them.
"So the legacy that our parents just kind of created, I'm thinking now we're able to propel that energy within our own families and neighborhoods, and which has been a blessing to be able to come back here," said Chisolm. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/rutherford-heights-celebrates-first-reunion-saturday-afternoon | 2022-07-31T21:42:37Z | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/rutherford-heights-celebrates-first-reunion-saturday-afternoon | false |
Chris Rock jokes he was slapped by 'Suge Smith' following Will Smith's on-camera apology post Oscars slap
ATLANTA - Chris Rock joked about the Academy Awards ceremony drama just hours after Will Smith issued an on-camera apology to the comedian Friday, nearly four months after Smith stormed the Oscars stage and slapped Rock live on air as he was presenting an award at the 2022 ceremony.
While performing at Atlanta's Fox Theater as part of his "Ego Death World Tour," Rock compared Smith to the former Death Row Records co-founder, Marion "Suge" Knight, who is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter in 2018 following a fatal confrontation in Los Angeles in 2015.
"Everybody is trying to be a f---ing victim," Rock said, via People magazine. "If everybody claims to be a victim, then nobody will hear the real victims. Even me getting smacked by Suge Smith ... I went to work the next day, I got kids."
WILL SMITH OPENS UP ON CHRIS ROCK OSCARS SLAP
During the peak of his career in the ‘90s, Knight was known for putting West Coast rap on the map with the massive success of Dr. Dre’s "The Chronic" followed by Snoop Dogg's "Doggystyle" in 1993. Shortly after, he helped broker a deal to secure Tupac Shakur's release from prison and subsequent signing to the label, with his "All Eyez on Me" released in 1996.
"Anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face," he added, words he's echoed in a previous show while touring recently with Kevin Hart on "Only Headliners Allowed."
Knight was known for music just as much as he was for his temper, and was allegedly the ring leader in a string of violent deals. Shakur was in Knight's car when he was killed in a drive-by attack in Las Vegas in September 1996. A similar drive-by shooting killed Shakur's East Coast rival, The Notorious B.I.G. in March 1997, with Knight assumed to be the prime suspect. Knight had felony convictions for armed robbery and assault, and lost control of the label when it was forced into bankruptcy in 2009.
"I'm not a victim. Yeah, that s--- hurt, motherf---er. But, I shook that s--- off and went to work the next day. I don't go to the hospital for a paper cut," Rock reportedly told the crowd in New Jersey last week, via Us Weekly.
Smith shared a video on YouTube answering everyone's most asked questions, including why he did not apologize to Rock during his acceptance speech. After Smith walked up on stage and slapped Rock for telling a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, he went on to win Best Actor for his role in "King Richard."
"I was fogged out by that point," Smith admitted about the lack of an immediate apology to Rock. "It's all fuzzy."
CHRIS ROCK ADDRESSES WILL SMITH OSCARS SLAP WHILE ON COMEDY TOUR WITH KEVIN HART: ‘I’M NOT A VICTIM'
The "Gemini Man" actor revealed he has reached out to Rock to talk about the incident, but claimed the comedian is not ready to sit down with him. He also spent the 5-minute-long video apologizing to Rock and others – including Rose Rock.
"I want to apologize to Chris' mother," said Smith. "I saw an interview that Chris' mother did and, you know, that was one of the things about that moment. I just didn't realize and, you know, I wasn't thinking, but how many people got hurt in that moment," the actor explained.
Rose initially said the following the slap: "When Will slapped Chris, he slapped all of us, but he really slapped me."
"So I want to apologize to Chris' mother," Smith continued. "I want to apologize to Chris' family. Specifically, Tony Rock [Chris' younger brother]. You know, we had a great relationship. Tony Rock was my man. And this is probably irreparable."
Rock had made a joke about "G.I. Jane" and referenced Jada's bald head. Pinkett Smith had previously discussed her struggles with alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss.
Days later, the "Independence Day" star announced his resignation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in a statement provided to Fox News Digital, saying he had "betrayed the trust of the Academy."
"I have directly responded to the academy’s disciplinary hearing notice, and I will fully accept any and all consequences for my conduct," he said.
Following his resignation, which was accepted by the Academy, Smith was banned for 10 years from attending Oscars events and shows.
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DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — A 14-year-old girl from Chicago was fatally shot Sunday outside a graduation party in Decatur, authorities said.
Three more people were injured. The Macon County coroner identified the teenager as T’Earra Moore.
“As the party was concluding about 2 a.m. people were exiting the establishment or already in the parking lot when shots were fired. ... Ms. Moore apparently fled the parking lot where the shooting occurred and collapsed in a back lot of a nearby business," Michael Day said.
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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A rare Democrat in a deeply Republican state, U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas is one of the most vulnerable incumbents seeking reelection this year. In the final months of her congressional campaign, she is focusing on Republicans’ strict opposition to abortion rights.
An online ad she released last week highlights how Amanda Adkins, the Republican favored to emerge from Tuesday’s primary for a rematch with Davids in November, opposed abortion without exceptions. The ad points to Adkins’ support of an amendment to the Kansas Constitution on the ballot Tuesday that would make clear there is no right to abortion in the states.
“There were a lot of people who would not have known that I have an opponent who is extreme on this issue,” Davids, who beat Adkins in 2020, said in an interview. “It’s not hypothetical anymore.”
That’s a sign of how the Supreme Court’s decision in June to repeal a woman’s federal constitutional right to abortion has scrambled the political dynamics heading into the fall elections, when control of Congress is at stake. A half-dozen of the most vulnerable House members — all of them women, all representing swaths of suburban voters — see the issue as one that could help them win in an otherwise difficult political climate.
In addition to Davids, these incumbents include Reps. Angie Craig of Minnesota, Cindy Axne of Iowa, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, Abigail Spanberger and Elaine Luria of Virginia, and Susan Wilds of Pennsylvania. They all face Republican opponents who support the high court’s abortion ruling. Some are contending with rivals who back efforts to ban abortion in all circumstances, including when the mother’s life is at risk.
It’s unclear whether the focus on abortion alone may be enough to mean reelection for many of these Democrats, who are running at a time of high inflation and frustration with President Joe Biden’s performance.
“In a close, toss-up election, which I think all of these are, it can make a difference,” said national pollster Christine Matthews, a self-described moderate who has worked for Republicans. “It’s not going to be what drives everyone to make a vote choice, but it will drive some people to make a vote choice.”
Twenty-two percent of U.S. adults named abortion or women’s rights in an open-ended question as one of up to five problems they want the government to address in the next year, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted in June. That has more than doubled since December.
Since the Supreme Court decision, as state governments have moved to act on abortion rights, AP-NORC polling has found a majority of people in the United States saying they want Congress to pass legislation guaranteeing access to legal abortion nationwide.
Overwhelming majorities also think states should allow abortion in specific cases, including if the health of the pregnant woman is endangered or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.
Like those questioned overall, a majority of suburbanites think abortion should be legal in most or all cases, according to AP-NORC polling. Suburbanites also were slightly more likely than city residents and significantly more likely than people living in rural areas to say abortion or women’s rights are among the top issues for the government to address, according to the AP-NORC poll from June.
That’s particularly important in districts such as Axne’s in Iowa, which includes Des Moines’ teeming suburbs. Dallas County, west of Des Moines, has been one of the country’s fastest-growing counties since 2000, with the cornfields from decades ago now covered in new homes, schools and commercial developments.
In an interview, Axne was adamant that she would make abortion a central theme of her campaign. Axne’s GOP opponent is state Rep. Zach Nunn, who indicated in a primary debate that he opposes abortion without exceptions.
“I can’t even believe I have to say this. I have an opponent who would let a woman die to bear a child,” Axne said. “This is crap we don’t see in this country. This is the stuff we talk about in other countries and women not having rights.”
In Michigan, Rep. Elissa Slotkin faces state Sen. Tom Barrett, who supports only an exception to save a woman’s life.
“That’s more extreme than the 1931 law that’s on our books,” Slotkin said in an interview. “So I think that that’s an important contrast to make.”
The Adkins, Barrett and Nunn campaigns did not reply to telephone, email and text messages seeking comment for this story.
In Virginia, Yesli Vega, the Republican challenging Spanberger in a district that spans the suburbs of Washington, D.C., and Richmond, has not dismissed the debunked theory that pregnancy is unlikely in cases of rape. In audio published by Axios late last month, Vega was asked during a campaign event in May whether “it’s harder for a woman to get pregnant if she’s been raped.”
Vega responded, Axios reported, “Maybe, because there’s so much going on in the body. I don’t know. I haven’t seen any studies. But if I’m processing what you’re saying, it wouldn’t surprise me, because it’s not something that’s happening organically. Right? You’re forcing it.”
The answer was reminiscent of what Todd Akin, a Missouri congressman who was the Republican nominee for Senate in 2012, said during that campaign. In discussing his opposition to exceptions for rape victims, Akin claimed, “If it’s legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down.”
The comments were viewed as a major contributor to his loss to Democrat Clare McCaskill, a vulnerable incumbent.
In Virginia, Spanberger released a digital ad last week declaring that Vega’s “views don’t represent Virginia.”
Earlier, Spanberger had said Vega’s comment was “extreme and ignorant” and “horrifying and disrespectful to the millions of American women who have or will become pregnant due to sexual violence.”
One of the Spanberger’s campaign digital posts used this headline: “Republican congressional candidate pulls a Todd Akin on abortion.”
Representatives for Vega did not respond to messages seeking comment.
Some Republicans warn that Democrats risk overplaying their hand.
In Minnesota, for example, Craig is facing Republican Tyler Kistner, whom she narrowly beat in 2020 in a district that covers Minneapolis’ southeastern suburbs.
Craig has begun running digital ads attacking Kistner, who opposes abortion, but would allow for exceptions in cases of rape, incest and to protect the life of the mother.
“Tyler Kistner wants to take away our rights,” a woman’s voice proclaims in an ad.
Kistner consultant Billy Grant said Craig is “trying to scare you” and noted that the Republican’s team is weighing a counter to the attack that portrays him as “pro-life, but who understands both sides.”
“The rest of America really is not a single-issue voter on that and they are concerned about the economy,” Grant said.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored 26 points and the Las Vegas Aces beat Indiana 94-69, handing the Fever a club-record 14th straight loss Sunday.
Plum sank 9 of 12 shots with three 3-pointers as Las Vegas (22-8) beat Indiana (5-27) for a second time in three days. A'ja Wilson, Jackie Young and reserve Theresa Plaisance all scored 13.
A pair of rookies paced the Fever. No. 2 overall pick Nalyssa Smith had 18 points and 13 rebounds, while second-rounder Destanni Henderson came off the bench to score 16 with four assists. Leading scorer Kelsey Mitchell didn't play after it was announced Saturday she'd miss the remainder of the season with a plantar fascia tear in her left foot.
The Aces shot 50.7% from the floor (36 of 71), while holding the Fever to 31% (22 of 71).
Las Vegas has won four straight.
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Spain’s PM offers support for North Macedonia’s EU candidacy
By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES
Associated Press
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has offered North Macedonia his country’s full support for its integration into the European Union. Sanchez held talks Sunday with North Macedonia’s prime minister in the capital of Skopje. It was the second-last stop on his Western Balkan tour, which ends Monday in Albania. Sanchez has also visited Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. Sanchez said the war in Ukraine has prompted the EU to rethink its enlargement policies and open its doors to countries in Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/07/31/spains-pm-offers-support-for-north-macedonias-eu-candidacy/ | 2022-07-31T21:58:41Z | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/07/31/spains-pm-offers-support-for-north-macedonias-eu-candidacy/ | false |
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday advised men at risk of catching monkeypox to consider reducing their sexual partners “for the moment” following the U.N. health agency declaring the escalating outbreaks in multiple countries to be a global emergency.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 98% of the monkeypox cases detected since the outbreaks emerged in May have been among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. He called for those at risk to take steps to protect themselves.
“That means making safe choices for yourself and others, for men who have sex with men,” Tedros said. “This includes, for the moment, reducing your number of sexual partners.”
Infectious individuals should isolate and avoid gatherings involving close, physical contact, while people should get contact details for any new sexual partners in case they need to follow up later, the WHO chief said.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not suggested that men who have sex with men reduce their sexual partners, only that they avoid skin-to-skin contact with people who have a rash that could be monkeypox.
WHO officials emphasized that monkeypox can infect anyone in close contact with a patient or their contaminated clothing or bedsheets. The U.N. health agency has warned that the disease could be more severe in vulnerable populations like children or pregnant women.
To date, more than 19,000 cases have been reported in more than 75 countries; deaths have only been reported in Africa.
“We know very clearly that one of the main modes of exposure for this particular illness is through direct contact, close contact, skin to skin contact, possibly even face to face contact, exposure to droplets or virus that may be in the mouth,” Dr. Rosamund Lewis, WHO’s technical lead for monkeypox, said.
Andy Seale, a WHO adviser on HIV, hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, said experts have determined the current monkeypox outbreak is “clearly transmitted during sex,” but he said they have not yet concluded whether it’s a sexually transmitted infection.
Dr. Hugh Adler, who treats monkeypox patients in the U.K., said monkeypox was being transmitted during sex and that sexual networks and anonymous sex with untraceable partners were facilitating its spread.
“It’s just as likely that monkeypox was always capable of transmitting and presenting like this, but it hadn’t been formally reported or so widespread before,” he said.
Last week, British authorities issued new guidance advising doctors that people with just one or two lesions might be infectious with monkeypox, potentially complicating efforts to stop transmission.
The European Union’s health commissioner urged the bloc’s 27 member nations Wednesday to step up their efforts to tackle outbreaks in the EU, which she called “the epicenter of detected cases.”
In a letter to European health ministers obtained by The Associated Press, EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides called for a “reinforced, concerted and coordinated action.”
“There is no time for complacency and we need to continue working together to control the outbreak,” she wrote.
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(The Hill) – Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon said Sunday that she disagrees with former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, whose family has backed Dixon’s campaign, about the role former President Trump played in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
“The secretary knows that she and I differ on that subject. I want to make sure that political speech is always protected because that could open a can of worms for anybody on both sides of the party. But the secretary knows that I disagree with her on that point,” Dixon told “Fox News Sunday” host Bret Baier.
DeVos resigned from the Trump administration the day after the Jan. 6 riot, citing Trump’s involvement.
“There’s no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me,” DeVos wrote in her resignation letter, read aloud to the Jan. 6 committee late last month.
Dixon was also asked whether she believed the 2020 election was stolen from Trump, who has continued to make false claims about his loss to President Biden.
Dixon dodged the question, but said the election was “certainly a concern” due to changes made to accommodate voting amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have to make sure our elections are secure and what happened in 2020 doesn’t happen again,” she said.
Trump threw his endorsement behind conservative commentator Dixon on Friday. The DeVos family backed Dixon in May.
Dixon is in the primary ring with a handful of other candidates vying for the Republican Party’s nomination in the Aug. 2 election, with recent polling showing Dixon pulling ahead of the pack.
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CHICAGO (AP) — José Abreu and Eloy Jiménez homered, Dylan Cease threw six strong innings and the Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 4-1 on Sunday.
Abreu and Leury García had two hits apiece for the White Sox, who have won 10 of 15 and returned to above .500. Chicago, the preseason favorite to win the AL Central, trailed first-place Minnesota by three games entering the day.
Liam Hendriks pitched around Ramón Laureano's double in the ninth for his 20th save in 23 opportunities.
Cease (11-4) allowed a run and four hits, striking out seven and walking one. The right-hander has won four straight starts and allowed no more than one earned run in each of his last 12 outings.
Laureano homered for the A’s, who have the second-worst record in the majors but are 7-4 since the All-Star break.
Jiménez hit his fifth homer off Adam Oller (1-4) in the seventh. Oller allowed four runs, seven hits and no walks, setting career highs for innings (6 1/3) and strikeouts (six).
Chicago scored three in the second inning to take the lead. Abreu led off with his 12th homer before Josh Harrison doubled and scored on García’s single. Seby Zavala followed with a double for a 3-1 lead.
Laureano homered on the first pitch in the second inning, ending Cease’s career-high 22-inning scoreless streak. Seth Brown and Stephen Piscotty just missed connecting, hitting foul balls down the right-field line. A review confirmed a long Piscotty fly ball was foul. Brown had hit three homers in his last two games.
Laureano’s 11th homer gave Oakland 36 homers in July, ahead of just 15 in May and 21 in June.
DRAFT UPDATE
The White Sox announced they have agreed to terms with all 20 of their 2022 draft selections and 10 undrafted free agents.
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White Sox: RHP Reynaldo López (lower back strain) said his back tightness is more serious than when he dealt with a similar issue at the beginning of the season. López went on the 15-day injured list retroactive to July 25. He has been throwing 90 feet. “I’m getting better,” he said. “I went to two different doctors to see what was going on. They were confident it was good, it wasn’t anything serious or that would need surgery.”
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A’s: RHP Frankie Montas (4-9, 3.18 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday to open a series at Los Angeles. RHP Noah Syndergaard (5-8, 3.83) is expected to start for the Angels. Both have been the subject of trade rumors.
White Sox: RHP Michael Kopech (4-6, 3.16) is slated to pitch Monday to open a home series against Kansas City, which will start RHP Brad Keller (5-11, 4.18).
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WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley CA
149 PM PDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central
Mariposa, northern Madera and southern Tuolumne Counties through 230
PM PDT...
At 148 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles southeast of Yosemite Valley, or 16 miles northeast of Yosemite
South Entrance, moving northwest at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Glacier Point, Merced Lake High Sierra
Camp, Vogelsang High Sierra Camp, Sunrise High Sierra Camp, Little
Yosemite Valley Campground, Merced Lake Ranger Station, Little
Yosemite Valley Ranger Station and Morraine Dome Campground.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 3765 11928 3758 11941 3772 11959 3784 11934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 147DEG 10KT 3766 11939
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Love Island fans have expressed concern after Paige Thorne spoke about Dami Hope rather than her partner Adam Collard during the show's Meet The Parents episode.
Sunday evening's episode saw the remaining Islanders be reunited with their family and friends and meet their partners as they get honest about their loved one's new relationship.
When Paige is reunited with her parents, she told her mum Samantha that Adam's a new version of himself to which she says: “That makes me feel happy.”
But before she opened up on her relationship with Adam, she started speaking about Dami instead, which struck some viewers as odd.
As she sat down in the garden with her mum and dad, Paige talked about how well she got on with the other Islanders and said: "Have you seen me and Dami together?"
On Twitter, one person wrote: "'Have you seen me and Dami together' paige if you don’t leave indiyah’s man alone".
Another person added: "Paige to her parents: 'have you seen me and Dami together'. Errrrrm... You're with Adam??"
A third person was in agreement, writing: "‘What do you think of me and dami’ Paige you haven’t even mentioned Adam yet!"
Meanwhile, another person wrote: "Paige is obsessed w Dami" and someone else asked: "why is paige bringing dami up to her parents?"
Also reunited with their family in the episode was Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti as Ekin-Su's mum Sezer and brother Ardam, who arrived alongside Davide's mother Nadia and sister Valeria.
Dami Hope was greeted virtually by his sister Femi and cousin Alicia while Indiyah Polack was reunited with her mum Dee and sister Shak.
Gemma Owen was emotionally reunited with her mother Louise and friend Sarah while Luca Bish was greeted by his parents Michael and Maria.
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By JAY COHEN
AP Baseball Writer
CHICAGO (AP) — Marcus Stroman takes pregame grounders at second base and shortstop. He is working with SSK on his own line of gloves, and there are a couple in his Wrigley Field locker in various colors.
He takes his defense seriously — especially for a pitcher.
In an age where the focus in on velocity and stuff, pushing fielding even further into the background, Stroman is part of a small but proud group of pitchers mindful of the maybe one or two extra outs they can record per game because of defense.
“Nothing I hate more than a weak-hit ball that dribbles on the infield and ends up being a hit and now you got the guy on first,” said Stroman, who signed a $71 million, three-year contract with the Chicago Cubs last December. “So I’m going all out always to make every play.”
Stroman’s aggressive approach is common among baseball’s top fielding pitchers, a group that also includes Atlanta left-hander Max Fried, St. Louis right-hander Adam Wainwright and Kansas City right-hander Zack Greinke, among others. Another common trait is a balanced finish to their motion, leaving the pitcher in position to make the play.
“I think the biggest thing is you got to want to be involved in that,” Mets manager Buck Showalter said. “A lot of guys, you see them almost run away from the ball.”
Not Stroman. Or Phillies left-hander Ranger Suárez, who leads major league pitchers with five total runs saved, according to The Fielding Bible. Or Aaron Nola, Suárez’s teammate in Philadelphia, who tops big league pitchers with six runners caught stealing.
“The guys who are the best fielders out there are the ones who usually take it most seriously. In practice also,” Wainwright said. “Fielding is a big part of the game.”
The 40-year-old Wainwright, a two-time Gold Glove winner, grew up in Georgia, giving him plenty of opportunities to watch one of baseball’s best fielding pitchers in Greg Maddux. The Hall of Fame right-hander won a record 18 Gold Gloves during 23 seasons spent mostly with the Braves and Chicago Cubs.
“That’s who we grew up wanting to be like,” Wainwright said. “I tried to model myself after him but not very well. But I tried to.”
Through Tuesday’s games, big league pitchers had committed 191 errors and recorded a .949 fielding percentage, according to Sportradar. They totaled 312 errors and a .952 fielding percentage last year, compared to 137 errors and a .944 fielding percentage during the shortened 2020 season and 373 errors and a .948 percentage in 2019.
Pitchers aren’t called on to make that many plays, but their defensive ability can influence the game in other ways. Besides holding runners on and getting over to cover at first, they also can affect how their team positions the rest of its infielders.
“It’s definitely an asset,” Cubs manager David Ross said. “We have real talks about bunt plays or the threat of a bunt, you don’t have to worry about the left side as much.”
The 31-year-old Stroman was a pitcher and an infielder when he was growing up in New York. He continued to play the field during his three seasons at Duke.
The right-hander was selected by Toronto in the first round of the 2012 amateur draft and won the AL Gold Glove with the Blue Jays in 2017. But he continues to take ground balls in the infield between starts.
“I feel like sometimes pitchers can become robots with throwing techniques,” Stroman said, “and going out there and taking ground balls just reminds me that I have that athleticism in there and I need to use it.”
The balance he shows on the mound is no accident, either.
“In the weight room there’s definitely a huge emphasis on balance, stability, single leg,” Stroman said. “I do a lot of work in there hoping that it correlates and kind of shows when I’m out on the field.”
Like so many of his slick-fielding brethren, Stroman also shares an admiration for other pitchers paying close attention to their defense.
Stroman cited Greinke and former teammate Mark Buehrle for their defensive prowess. Dallas Keuchel, a five-time Gold Glove winner, mentioned Stroman and Greinke among his current list of top defensive pitchers, and called Maddux and new Hall of Famer Jim Kaat two of the best when it comes to fielding the position.
“There is just big pride in making a play yourself when you are actually on the mound, on the island,” said Keuchel, who agreed to a minor league deal with Texas on Monday. “It is just an added benefit, and I think guys respect it a little bit more too.”
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AP freelance writers Richard J. Marcus in San Diego and Warren Mayes in St. Louis contributed to this report.
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Massachusetts lawmakers were racing toward a chaotic close to their formal legislative session on Sunday, with potentially billions in taxpayer relief on the line and a heap of high-stakes policy initiatives still unfinished, including ones legalizing sports betting, reshaping gun license standards, and expanding access to mental health services.
Despite giving itself 19 months to complete formal business, the Legislature was slogging through its final day with negotiators still locked in closed-door talks over some of its most sweeping bills. That also involved answering questions of how to handle a late-session curveball that could require the state to send $3 billion back to taxpayers.
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Governor Charlie Baker’s announcement last week that the state’s record-setting revenues are poised to trigger a nearly 40-year-old tax cap law upended negotiations over a separate $1 billion tax relief proposal that lawmakers spent months developing and were aiming to finalize before the end of the weekend.
It also ratcheted up what was already expected to be a frenzied night of lawmaking, when the Democratic-dominated Legislature faces a midnight deadline — but is also likely to brush past it in a bid to push major bills over the finish line.
The 1986 voter-passed law at issue seeks to limit state tax revenue growth to the growth of total wages and salaries in the state. Should revenue exceed that “allowable” amount, taxpayers are then due a credit equal to the excess amount.
The Baker administration said last week that the state is poised to trigger it for the first time since 1987, and estimated taxpayers could be due back more than $2.9 billion. In response, House Speaker Ronald Mariano has left open the possibility of seeking to undo, change, or suspend the law just as it’s about to benefit potentially millions of taxpayers.
It also has roiled the Legislature’s own plans for millions of one-time rebates and a slew of permanent tax changes. Lawmakers’ constituents face rapidly rising inflation, and economic worries have topped residents’ list of concerns.
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Aiming to help, the House and Senate each tucked a similar tax relief package into hulking economic development legislation. That bill itself would also borrow or spend more than $4 billion to help prop up housing production, financially strained hospitals, and the state’s unemployment trust fund, among a slew of other things.
A late-session crunch is typical on Beacon Hill. Lawmakers’ self-imposed deadlines often prove the last antidote to legislative logjams, forcing compromise, horse-trading, or in some cases, the death of major bills. But not in at least a generation has the Legislature entertained such major tax relief plans, let alone in the session’s waning hours.
By mid-day, the Legislature was also adding to, not reducing, its list of bills in closed-door negotiations. They created a sixth conference committee shortly before 3 p.m. to reconcile differences on a bill that would tighten the state’s firearms laws in the wake of a Supreme Court decision expanding gun rights across the country.
Besides barreling toward making major changes to state law in the dead of night, lawmakers’ tardiness also gave the upper-hand to Baker, a lame-duck Republican governor who isn’t seeking reelection this fall. Baker is allowed 10 days to act on any legislation that reaches his desk, meaning he can veto a bill to his disliking and the Legislature will have little ability to act beyond calling a special session, a rarity on Beacon Hill.
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As they awaited word on pending bills, lawmakers did begin moving on other items toward Baker’s desk.
The chambers accepted an agreement legislative leaders had hashed out on a $11.3 billion infrastructure and transportation borrowing bill that also includes a slew of policy, including regulations on so-called e-bikes and $275 million in funding to extend passenger rail service from Boston to the western part of the state. Cut from the final version, however, was a Senate-passed provision that would have required the MBTA to produce a plan for a low-income fare program.
Lawmakers also delivered a response to a series of amendments Baker sought on a sweeping climate and energy bill, with the goal of shipping it back to him Sunday night.
They agreed to several of Baker’s proposed changes, notably one to eliminate the “price cap” on offshore wind projects — a mechanism that requires each new project to offer power at a lower price than the one brought online before it. Some have worried that the cap has discouraged bids, and while lawmakers had initially left it intact, they ultimately capitulated to Baker’s push to kill it.
“Removing the price cap has been a top priority for the governor, and we share his view that it will allow our future procurements to give us more value per dollar,” state Representative Jeffrey N. Roy, the House’s lead negotiator, said from the chamber floor.
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Legislative leaders, however, rejected other changes, including Baker’s bid to inject $750 million of federal American Rescue Plan Act funding into the legislation.
Legislators in the overwhelmingly Democratic House and Senate were also moving toward accepting changes Baker made to a bill that would reshape oversight of the state’s two soldiers’ homes, including elevating the Department of Veterans Services to a cabinet-level executive office that reports directly to the governor.
In a letter to lawmakers, Baker said he supports the changes, but asked that deadlines for standing up new offices be pushed back four months until March — when Baker’s successor, not him, will be in office. The House on Sunday afternoon adopted his amendment.
As Sunday evening approached, lawmakers were still working behind closed doors to iron out differences in five other major pieces of legislation where the House and Senate differed.
After years of failed efforts, lawmakers were attempting to nail down a final version of a bill to legalize sports betting.
At the center of the disagreement was a proposal to allow people to place wagers on collegiate games. The House wants it, and the Senate — whose top leaders have historically opposed legalized gambling — does not.
If signed into law by Baker, who has expressed his support in the past, Massachusetts will join 30 states and Washington, D.C., in allowing for the increasingly popular type of gambling, according to the American Gaming Association.
Ever since the Supreme Court in 2018 struck down a federal law that banned sports betting, the concept has been a priority of House Speaker Ronald Mariano, who said a year ago that a sports betting bill without the ability to bet on college games “probably would be” a deal-breaker for him.
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Last week, Senate President Karen E. Spilka told WBUR’s “Radio Boston,” that Mariano should soften his “all or nothing” stance.
A conference committee, a compromise-seeking group of representatives and senators, had been deliberating on sports betting since early June. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission offered itself as a resource to committee members, and shared a draft version of an unreleased commission study of sports betting, it disclosed at a public meeting Tuesday.
The draft report, which was obtained by the Globe, includes a long list of recommendations, among them prohibiting “betting on any collegiate sports in any jurisdiction.” Researchers recommended the Legislature leave out any college sports, including betting on tournaments and on out-of-state colleges, and found that there “is very little revenue loss” by leaving college sports out of the bill.
The prospects of the betting bill, a House priority, were unclear as evening approached. So, too, was the potential of a separate measure on mental health access that Spilka has personally touted as a top priority.
The Senate version of the bill would mandate insurance coverage for an annual mental health wellness exam, and mental health bills passed by both chambers attempt to ensure compliance with the state’s mental health parity laws.
Massachusetts lawmakers also have been trying to reach a deal on a long-pending package of reforms to the state’s marijuana industry.
The bill would crack down on steep local fees charged to marijuana operators, steer part of the state excise tax on recreational pot sales into a fund for disenfranchised cannabis entrepreneurs, and green-light a cannabis café pilot program in a handful of cities and towns.
Advocates, cannabis businesses, and progressive lawmakers had spent years lobbying for the reforms, arguing they are straightforward fixes to well-documented problems with the original legalization law, passed by voters in 2016 and rewritten by the Legislature in 2017.
Among those issues: An onerous municipal approval process that has been implicated in two federal corruption investigations, and a lack of institutional financing that has allowed larger corporations backed by wealthy private investors to dominate the space at the expense of smaller, locally-owned businesses with more diverse ownership.
Amid the fray of the last day, lawmakers were also negotiating a relatively obscure piece of conservation legislation intended to protect public lands from development pressure.
The House last year passed a bill that environmentalists have championed for more than 20 years, and would require anyone looking to sell or develop protected public greenspace to replace it with another comparable property.
The Senate, however, embraced a different version, which has the support of the Baker administration and would create an alternative where developers or communities could set aside money to purchase property later when replacement land cannot be found in the community.
While joint House-Senate rules require formal lawmaking to conclude by midnight, legislators were musing Sunday that the back-and-forth might extend into the early morning.
On Beacon Hill, lawmakers can — and often do — suspend their own rules.
Dan Adams of the Globe staff contributed to this report.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — New Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark is learning the NCAA’s issues in real time and during a period of sweeping change and uncertainty.
While Monday is Yormark’s first day working full-time out of the Big 12 office, leaving behind Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, the ex-CEO of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets has been steadily involved in conference matters since landing his first job in college athletics.
He was named the Big 12’s new leader on June 29. A day later, conference realignment became a pressing issue again when Southern California and UCLA said they would be leaving the Pac-12 in 2024 to join the Big Ten.
Beyond that, Yormark has to get familiar with name, image and likeness compensation for athletes, the transfer portal, FBS conferences potentially splitting from the NCAA with their own governance structure for football, and the future of the College Football Playoff.
“One of his best qualities is he doesn’t pretend to know what he doesn’t know … He asks a lot of questions, and listens,” Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades said of Yormark. “He hasn’t been in the industry, so he’s got to absorb all of that, which is, just under normal circumstances, difficult. But then throw on top of that conference realignment part two.”
When asked during his introduction at Big 12 football media days in mid-July if there were active talks with any Pac-12 schools, Yormark said his league was “open for business” and exploring all options for the future — but gave no specific details.
Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff expressed frustration Friday, saying he has spent the past month “trying to defend against grenades being lobbed in from every corner of the Big 12 trying to destabilize our remaining conference.” He also said his league intends to keep its current members and entertain new additions.
The Big 12 is going through another transition in membership, and its media rights deal with ESPN and Fox Sports expires after the 2024-25 academic year. While Oklahoma and Texas are set to leave for the Southeastern Conference no later than the 2025 season, four new schools will join the Big 12 next summer.
Yormark brings an outside perspective to what has been a resilient conference, as well as a background in building brands.
Before joining Roc Nation in 2019, where he was chief operating officer on the commercial side of the business, Yormark spent almost 15 years with the Nets, overseeing the club’s move from New Jersey and construction of the Barclays Center. He previously worked for NASCAR, where he oversaw a $750 million agreement with Nextel Communications for naming rights to the circuit’s top racing series.
Yormark said he pledged the Big 12 board of directors that he would ensure the league would be “bold and humble, aggressive and thoughtful, and innovative and creative” in growing its brand and business — and becoming a bit more contemporary.
“One thing is crystal clear. There is no higher priority than to best position the Big 12 for its upcoming multimedia rights negotiations,” Yormark said. “Everything we do must create momentum for these negotiations, as well as building the value of the Big 12 brand and business.”
When the Big 12’s only football national champions leave, the league will have only half of its original 12 members. Nebraska left for the Big Ten and Colorado went to the Pac-12 in 2011. Texas A&M and Missouri joined the SEC the following season.
The Big 12 added TCU and West Virginia in 2012, the same year Bob Bowlsby became commissioner. The 70-year-old decided earlier this year that he was ready to step out of that role.
Within weeks of the Sooners and Longhorns getting invitations from the SEC last summer, the Big 12 approved membership for football independent BYU and American Athletic Conference schools Cincinnati, Houston and Central Florida.
Yormark plans to visit all 14 campuses in the coming months, including the four schools that will join next summer, as well as departing Oklahoma and Texas.
“He’s the perfect guy for us right now,” TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati said. “He’s going to be aggressive, he’s going to be bold. He’s not going to apologize for it. … We’ve got to just stand behind him and let him do his thing and continue to put us in the best possible positions as we can.”
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WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in San Diego has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
San Bernardino County in southern California...
* Until 330 PM PDT.
* At 223 PM PDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash
flooding is ongoing.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Big Bear City, western Onyx Summit, eastern Lucerne Valley, Big
Bear Lake, Baldwin Lake, Hwy 38 Between Onyx Summit And Sugarloaf,
Hwy 18 Between Baldwin Lake And Lucerne Valley, Hwy 38 Between
Yucaipa And Onyx Summit, western Johnson Valley and Woodlands.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot daily high temperatures between 90 and
100 degrees Fahrenheit for the valleys and 85 to 105 degrees
for mid elevations up to 6000 feet. Overnight lows will also
be warmer than normal, mainly in the 60s.
* WHERE...In California, northeastern Siskiyou County including
Macdoel and Dorris and all of Modoc County except the lakes
and higher portions of the Warner Mountains. In Oregon,
Klamath County and Lake County including all areas except the
higher mountains and lakes.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The duration of this heat wave will be
particularly long and is likely to be a top 5 event in the
climate record for duration. Take advantage of the cooler
overnight and morning periods if you want to beat the heat.
* View the hazard area in detail at
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN INYO AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES...
At 225 PM PDT, CHP reported roadway flooding along Kelbaker Road
south of Interstate 15.
HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water crossings,
creeks, normally dry washes and roads.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Shoshone, Cima, Kelso, Dumont Dunes, Tecopa, Mountain Pass and Sr
127 Near Dumont Dunes.
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot daily high temperatures between 100 and
115 degrees Fahrenheit for the valleys, 90 to 100 degrees at
mid elevations, and 80 to 90 degrees in the mountains.
Overnight lows will also be much warmer than normal, mostly in
the mid 60s to mid 70s.
* WHERE...Most of Josephine and Jackson counties in southern
Oregon and most of Siskiyou County in Northern California.
This includes the Rogue, Illinois, Applegate, Lower Klamath
River, Scott, and Shasta Valleys as well as surrounding areas.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
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(NEXSTAR) – Actor Pat Carroll died Saturday in her home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, multiple news outlets reported Sunday. She was 95 years old.
Her voice is familiar to generations thanks to her role as villainous sea creature Ursula in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid.” Carroll’s acting career spanned film, television and the stage.
By the time she took away Ariel’s voice in the 1989 animated “Little Mermaid,” Carroll had dozens of acting credits to her name dating back to the 1940s. Carroll had a recurring role on the sitcom “Make Room for Daddy” and made regular appearances on sketch and variety shows, like the “The Carol Burnett Show.” She won an Emmy award for her work on the sketch comedy series “Caesar’s Hour” in 1957.
Her voice acting as Ursula may not have won her any prestigious awards, but Carroll’s voice did earn her a Grammy in 1981. She won in the category for Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording, for her reading of “Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein.”
Carroll died of pneumonia, her daughter told The Hollywood Reporter.
No plans for a public memorial have been announced, according to Deadline.
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An internal review of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 found some samples contained trace levels of benzene, which is classified as a human carcinogen. Edgewell Personal Care Co., maker of Banana Boat products, is issuing a nationwide recall of three batches of the sunscreen spray.
The recalled batches have expiration dates of December 2022, February 2023 or April 2024.
The recall stated that although benzene is not an ingredient in Banana Boat products, “unexpected levels” of the carcinogen were found in the spray propellant.
Edgewell Personal Care Company said consumers should dispose of the affected product and will be offered reimbursements. More information on the recall can be found here.
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AZLE, Texas — A motorcyclist has been hospitalized after he was shot by another driver on a highway in Azle, police said.
In a news release, Azle police said officers and the fire department responded to a major accident call in the 1400 block of State Highway 199. Officers found the victim lying on the roadway with injuries.
Police said he was transported to a hospital, but his condition is currently unknown.
According to police, the man was riding a motorcycle on the highway when he was shot by another motorist. Further details were not immediately released.
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ROME (AP) — Italians debated Sunday whether a Nigerian street vendor could have been saved from a fatal attack by an enraged Italian man that played out in public as bystanders watched. Mourners left flowers and placards denouncing the violence and the indifference of those nearby.
On Friday, as strollers promenaded along a bustling shopping street in Civitanova Marche, an Italian town on the Adriatic Sea, Alika Ogorchukwu, 39, was left for dead after first being struck with his own crutch and then pummeled furiously by the suspect.
"Four-minute long horror,'' headlined Corriere della Sera, noting that other Nigerian immigrants in the town had decried the indifference and racism seen in the killing.
Video footage of the attack has circulated on Italian news websites and social media.
A judge on Monday will rule if the alleged attacker, identified by police as Filippo Claudio Giuseppe Ferlazzo, 32, should remain jailed during the investigation.
Police investigator Matteo Luconi told reporters on Saturday that the assailant went after the vendor following “insistent” requests by Ogorchukwu to the suspect and his female companion for pocket change. The slain man’s lawyer said he was attacked after complimenting the woman's beauty.
An autopsy will help determine if Ogorchukwu died from the beating or possibly was strangled as he lay on his back, his attacker on top of him and striking him.
Ogorchukwu frequently peddled packets of tissues or cigarette lighters to customers, local shopkeepers said.
During a popular talk show on Italian state radio Sunday, listeners called in to decry the indifference of at least two bystanders who filmed the event and the fear the attack generated..
One listener recalled a young man beaten to death by a gang of Italian youths near Rome in 2020 when he tried to defend a friend and subdue a fight. A court recently convicted four Italians, sentencing two of them to life in prison, for the killing of Willy Monteiro Duarte, a cook whose family originated from Cape Verde.
On Sunday, people paused at the spot where Ogorchukwu died, leaving flowers and tying placards to a tree, including one denouncing “violence, racism, indifference.”
Some radio listeners were indignant that two bystanders used their phones to film the attack and no one apparently tried to pull the suspect off his victim. The police said some did call to report an attack in progress, but by the time help arrived, Ogorchukwu was dead.
One caller asked the host what would he have done if he were there.
“I would have kicked him," replied Mario Sechi, director of the Italian news agency AGI.
The attack comes as Italian politicians begin campaigning for an early parliamentary election on Sept. 25. The anti-migrant head of the right-wing League party, Matteo Salvini, has made immigration as well as protecting citizens from violent crime his top issues.
On Sunday, Salvini in a tweet contended that his center-left opponents were exploiting the Nigerian's death to “accuse me, the League and millions of Italians of racism. Squalid."
Archbishop Rocco Pennacchio, whose diocese includes Civitanova Marche, decided that in place of homilies, several minutes of silence would be held at Sunday's Masses.
The mayor of the nearby San Severino Marche, where Ogorchukwu lived with his wife, son and a niece, said the town would pay for the funeral. Italian media said local citizens also started fundraising to help his widow.
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This story has been corrected to show that the killing happened Friday.
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Bill Russell, one of basketball's legendary players, has died at age 88. The announcement was posted on his verified Twitter account.
Russell won more NBA titles than any player in history. All eleven were with the Boston Celtics. As a five-time league MVP, he changed the game, making shot-blocking a key component on defense. And he was a Black athlete who spoke out against racial injustice when it was not as common as it is today.
Fighting for something from an early age
To understand this man and superlative athlete, it helps to remember a parent's lesson.
One day when Bill Russell was 9, he was outside his apartment in the projects in Oakland, Calif. Five boys ran by and one slapped him in the face. He and his mother went looking for the group, and when they found them, young Bill expected mom justice. Instead, Katie Russell said: Fight them, one at a time. He won two, lost three. In a 2013 interview for the Civil Rights History Project, Russell said his mother's message to her teary son changed his life.
"And she says, 'Don't cry,' " Russell said. " 'You did what you're supposed to do. [It] doesn't matter whether you won or lost. [What matters is] you stood up for yourself. And that's what you must always do.' "
Russell certainly did on the basketball court — where he blossomed late but ended up revolutionizing the game.
Elevating and taking the game with him
"Krebs from the corner. His outside shot blocked by Russell. And now Russell has made three big plays in the last three minutes of the game. Barnett goes in and Russell blocks it."
By 1963, in this NBA Finals game, Russell was a shot-blocking menace, which represented a sea change in the game.
The adage always had been: No good defensive player leaves his feet. In the 1950s, his coach at the University of San Francisco believed that. But Russell didn't. He was also a track and field high jumper, and it seemed perfectly reasonable to try to elevate in basketball as well.
"My first varsity game [at USF], we played at [University of] Cal Berkeley," Russell said in the 2013 interview. "Their center was a preseason All-American. The game starts and the first five shots he took, I blocked. And nobody in the building had seen anything like that. So they called timeout to discuss what I was doing. We get in our huddle, and my coach says, 'You can't play defense like that.' He showed me on the sidelines how he wanted me to play defense. I go back out and I try it, and the guy [scores on] layups three times in a row. And I said, this does not make sense. So I went back to playing the way I knew how."
"Basically what I was doing, in retrospect, was bringing the vertical game to a game that had been horizontal."
And the results were convincing.
Russell led San Francisco to NCAA titles in 1955 and 1956. In '56 he also led the U.S. to an Olympic gold medal.
And soon after, the start of a historic NBA run.
Love and hate in Boston
From 1957 to 1969, the Celtics won 11 titles, including eight straight. There were great players like Bob Cousy, Tom Heinsohn, Sam Jones, K.C. Jones and so many others.
But none like Russell.
He was the bridge to all 11 championships, a competitor so fierce he'd often vomit before games.
Success, though, couldn't hide a difficult relationship with the city where he played.
Russell didn't trust some of Boston's white fans who'd cheer the winning but then complain the team had too many Black players. In a Boston Globe documentary, former teammate Heinsohn remembered how the Boston suburb of Reading, where Russell lived, held a dinner to honor him.
"He was so taken aback by this honor that was bestowed on him," Heinsohn said, "that he broke down, started to cry, and he said that he wished he could live in Reading for the rest of his life."
But not long after, people broke into Russell's house, destroyed trophies, defecated in his bed and smeared excrement on the walls.
His relationship to those outside the Celtics locker room became chilly. He got a reputation for being surly. He refused to sign autographs, as a way to weed out the "good" fans.
"Russell was the type who had doubts about people's intentions," Stephen Beslic wrote in Basketball Network in 2020, "and [he] didn't want someone using him for his popularity. That's why he offered a simple solution: you won't get anything signed by him, but you will get 15 minutes of coffee time with one of the greatest to ever play the game."
"If a fan doesn't want to have a chat with you," Russell said, "he was going to sell that autograph anyway."
But loving his team
On the other hand, Russell loved the Celtics, and the progressive white people who ran the franchise — owner Walter Brown and legendary head coach Red Auerbach. During the dynasty years, the Celtics became the first NBA team to have an all-Black starting lineup.
And in 1966, more history.
When Auerbach retired he named Russell to take his place, making him the first Black head coach in the NBA. It was historic, but Russell said he didn't care. He simply believed he was the best man for the job.
Although a reporter questioned that, as recounted in the 2013 NBA-TV documentary, Mr. Russell's House.
"As the first Negro coach of a major league sport, can you do the job impartially, without any racial prejudice in reverse?" the reporter asked.
"Yes," Russell said, "because the most important factor is respect. In basketball, respect a man for his ability. Period."
Beyond the court
The Celtics dynasty dovetailed with the civil rights movement of the 1960s, and Russell fully engaged.
He sat in the front row at Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have A Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. He — along with Black teammates — boycotted a game in Kentucky when a restaurant denied them service. He joined other prominent Black athletes in supporting boxer Muhammad Ali, who refused to join the military during the Vietnam War.
And Russell wrote a book, Go Up For Glory.
"It really changed how athletes wrote about themselves and society," said Damian Thomas, curator of the sports exhibition at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture.
He says the book, part of the exhibit, was a transformational autobiography.
"Rather than just merely sticking to sports," Thomas said, "we began to see athletes offer opinions about race, opinions about politics and things of that nature."
For Russell, speaking out for civil rights and fighting against racism never ended. In a 2020 essay in Slam magazine, Russell noted how George Floyd, who was killed that year by Minneapolis police, was "yet another life stolen by a country broken by prejudice and bigotry."
"But what can we do about it?" Russell wrote. "Racism cannot just be shaken out of the fabric of society because, like dust from a rug, it dissipates into the air for a bit and then settles right back where it was, growing thicker with time.
"Police reform is a start, but it is not enough. We need to dismantle broken systems and start over. We need to make our voices heard, through multiple organizations, using many different tactics. We need to demand that America get a new rug."
A laugh for the ages
Russell's life was long — at times profound, and at times messy.
He had a falling out with longtime friend and fierce competitor Wilt Chamberlain — Russell didn't like the word rival to describe their on-court relationship. Later in life they reconciled. Russell also reconciled his feelings, somewhat, about the city of Boston.
Through it all, there was one constant for Russell: laughter.
A laugh for the ages. As recognizable a part of Bill Russell as the image of him in his number six Celtics jersey, rising above the court to grab a rebound or swat an opponent's shot. Red Auerbach was quoted as saying one of the only things that could make him stop coaching was Bill Russell's laugh.
But the high-pitch cackle was beloved by many more. And it bore the mark of another Katie Russell lesson. His mother told him never hold back. On anything
And once again, her son listened well.
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64-year-old Bemidji woman struck by vehicle
Published: Jul. 31, 2022 at 6:00 PM CDT|Updated: 22 minutes ago
BEMIDJI, Minn. (Valley News Live) - A 64-year-old woman was hit by an unknown vehicle in Bemidji Saturday night.
Law enforcement says it happened near Highway 197 and Paul Bunyan Drive, just after 11 p.m.
Currently, the woman’s condition is not known.
Stay with Valley News Live as more details become available.
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HINDMAN, Ky. — The number of deaths from massive flooding in Kentucky continued to climb on Sunday amid a renewed threat of more heavy rains.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said on NBC’s “Meet The Press” that the death toll had risen by one to 26 from last week's storms.
Beshear has said the number would likely rise significantly and it could take weeks to find all the victims. As many as 37 people were unaccounted for, according to a daily briefing from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
On top of that, more flash flooding was possible in portions of Appalachia on Sunday and Monday as the latest storms roll through, the National Weather Service said. Rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour were possible in some of the same areas that were inundated last week.
A dozen shelters were open for flood victims in Kentucky with 388 occupants on Sunday, according to FEMA.
Beshear said state police were taking calls from worried people who can’t locate loved ones due to spotty cell phone service.
“We still can’t get into some areas to check on people,” Beshear said. “We’re doubling our National Guard. We’re going to work to go door to door, work to find, again, as many people as we can. We’re even going to work through the rain. But the weather is complicating it.”
On an overcast morning in downtown Hindman, about 200 miles southeast of Louisville, a crew cleared debris piled along storefronts. Nearby, a vehicle was perched upside down in Troublesome Creek, now back within its debris-littered banks.
With the threat of more rain, workers toiled nonstop through mud-caked sidewalks and roads.
“We’re going to be here unless there’s a deluge,” said Tom Jackson, who is among the workers.
Flooding wipes out rural Appalachian towns
Jackson was with a crew from Corbin, Kentucky, where he’s the city’s recycling director, about a two-hour drive from Hindman.
His crew worked all day Saturday, and the mud and debris were so thick that they managed to clear one-eighth of a mile of roadway. The water had rushed off the hillsides had so much force that it bent road signs.
“I’ve never seen water like this,” Jackson said.
In Knott County, Teresa Perry Reynolds’ home was inundated with water and mud. She and her husband would have taken refuge in their 44-foot travel trailer, but it was swamped by the floodwater.
“I have the clothes on my back,” she said Saturday when asked what they could salvage.
They found her husband’s wallet after searching a day and a half. It was left behind as they escaped the fast-rising water Thursday and went to a neighbor’s house. A team of volunteers hauled debris out of her house Saturday.
She and her husband are staying with friends. She’s a retired teacher and her husband is a retired school administrator.
“All I know is I’m homeless and I’ve got people taking care of me,” she said.
The rain let up early Friday after parts of eastern Kentucky received between 8 and 10 1/2 inches over 48 hours. About 13,000 utility customers in Kentucky remained without power Sunday, poweroutage.us reported.
President Joe Biden declared a federal disaster to direct relief money to more than a dozen Kentucky counties.
Last week's flooding extended to West Virginia, where Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for six southern counties, and to Virginia, where Gov. Glenn Youngkin also made an emergency declaration that enabled officials to mobilize resources across the flooded southwest portion of the state. | https://www.fox61.com/article/news/nation-world/kentucky-appalachia-flooding-update/507-c30574c2-881e-4f3f-bf0b-c478aa825e80 | 2022-07-31T23:33:03Z | https://www.fox61.com/article/news/nation-world/kentucky-appalachia-flooding-update/507-c30574c2-881e-4f3f-bf0b-c478aa825e80 | true |
WFO RENO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Reno NV
328 PM PDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is
expected.
* WHERE...A portion of northeast California, including the following
counties, Lassen and Plumas.
* WHEN...Until 630 PM PDT.
* IMPACTS...Rises in small creeks and streams.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 322 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms on the Dixie Fire burn scar along and west of
US-395 between Milford and Janesville. This will cause small
stream flooding and possible debris flows. Between 1 and 2
inches of rain have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are expected
over the area. This additional rain will result in minor
flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
mainly rural areas of East Central Lassen and Plumas Counties
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Flood Advisory for the Dixie Fire burn scar means that flooding
and/or debris flows are possible. Residents living in or immediately
downstream of burn areas should maintain awareness for potential
flooding and debris flows. Monitor conditions and emergency
management communications. If flooding and/or debris flows are
observed, move to a safe area away from the flooding.
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of Southern California, including the following
county, San Bernardino.
* WHEN...Until 530 PM PDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
- At 329 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are expected
Eastern Lucerne Valley and Johnson Valley.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...
The heavy rain has ended. A Flood Advisory remains in effect for
northeastern portions of the previously warned area.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM PDT Sunday for a
portion of Southern California.
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito mocked foreign leaders’ criticism of the Supreme Court decision he authored overturning a constitutional right to abortion, in his first public comments since last month’s ruling. The justice’s remarks drew more criticism as well as some support.
Speaking in Rome at a religious liberty summit, Alito, 72, spent only a couple of minutes on the subject of abortion, and then only to discuss his foreign critics — an unusual step for a high court justice.
Dressed in a tuxedo and sporting a beard he sometimes grows when the court is out of session, Alito quipped that the ruling he authored had been “lambasted by a whole string of foreign leaders,” then joked that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had “paid the price” for his comments. Johnson called the decision “a big step backwards” shortly before stepping down amid unrelated ethics investigations.
The decision by the court’s conservative majority led roughly a dozen states to shut down or severely restrict abortions within days. Eventually half of U.S. states are expected to ban or seriously restrict the procedure.
Alito also drew laughs from the audience at the conference, sponsored by the University of Notre Dame law school, when he said that “what really wounded me” were remarks made” by Britain’s Prince Harry. Speaking to the United Nations last week, Harry talked about the “rolling back of constitutional rights here in the United States” as one of a series of converging crises that also included the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also drew Alito’s attention in the talk he gave in Rome on July 21 at the invitation-only event. The law school posted the video this week. Alito was not identified in advance as a speaker at the conference.
While justices routinely engage in pointed exchanges with their colleagues in dueling opinions, they rarely respond to outside critics. That’s especially true when talking about foreign leaders in an appearance outside the U.S., said Neil Siegel, professor of law and political science at Duke Law School.
“His tone can be quite dismissive and scathing. It’s as if he simply doesn’t care that there are tens of millions of people in this country and abroad who disagree with him profoundly,” he said. “I think the most important thing is that this is not how our justices are supposed to behave.”
Yet there is no prohibition on justices discussing cases publicly once they are decided, said Akhil Reed Amar, professor of constitutional law at Yale Law School. Alito’s comments weren’t about the underlying issue of abortion, but rather about foreign dignitaries weighing in on American law without necessarily being well versed in the subject, he said. Johnson, for example, may have been seeking to draw attention away from his own domestic issues, Amar said.
“This was slightly impertinent on their part,” Amar said, who also praised Alito for responding “with a little bit of wit and style.”
The justice’s speech drew criticism Friday from U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who wrote in a tweet the remarks were politicized and said they “should be alarming to anyone.”
The speech comes amid a sharp increase in the portion of Americans who say their confidence in the Supreme Court is eroding. A poll from The Associated Press -NORC Center for Public Affairs Research this week found 43% of Americans have “hardly any confidence” in the court, up from just 27% percent three months ago.
The abortion ruling was one of several seismic decisions this summer, but overturning Roe v. Wade and ending a nearly half-century guarantee of abortion rights had the most widespread impact.
It’s also sparked profound changes in other medical care, with some doctors declining immediate treatment for serious health problems related to reproductive care for fear of running afoul of strict abortion bans.
Alito’s speech was dedicated primarily to praising religious liberty, another area in which conservatives prevailed at the Supreme Court in cases involving tax dollars for religious schools in Maine and a football coach’s right to pray at the 50-yard line.
He has been a justice since 2006, appointed by President George W. Bush.
Four years later, attending President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech, Alito was caught on camera mouthing the words “not true” in response to Obama’s criticism — also unusual — of another major, conservative-driven court decision, the Citizens United case that opened the floodgates to corporate and union spending in federal election campaigns.
Alito has never addressed that controversy in public, but it seems clear from the questions he posed when the court heard arguments that he objected to Obama saying the ruling reversed a century of law.
Alito has never again attended the State of the Union address.
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FIRST ALERT FORECAST: Storm chances drop off slightly to kick off August
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - We will be back to the typical monsoon trend with isolated afternoon thunderstorms tomorrow. Storms will be capable of producing strong winds, blowing dust, heavy rain and flash flooding.
TONIGHT: 40% chance for showers and storms with lows in the mid-70s.
TOMORROW: 30% chance for showers and storms with highs in the upper-90s.
WEDNESDAY: 30% chance for showers and storms with highs in the upper-90s.
THURSDAY: 30% chance for showers and storms with highs in the upper-90s.
FRIDAY: 40% chance for showers and storms with highs in the upper-90s.
SATURDAY: 50% chance for showers and storms with highs in the upper-90s.
SUNDAY: 40% chance for showers and storms with highs in the upper-90s.
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By JENNA FRYER
AP Auto Racing Writer
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyler Reddick this month already grabbed his first Cup career victory, qualified for NASCAR’s playoffs and signed a big contract with a new team.
Now he’s got a victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Reddick closed the best month of his career with an overtime win Sunday on the road course at Indy to give him two victories in the last five Cup races.
“So, I’m not going to lie, I watched a lot of racing at this venue when I was a kid growing up,” Reddick said. “A lot of incredible drivers have won at this racetrack and it’s really cool to be part of the drivers who have won here and I’m really happy about it.”
Reddick broke through for his first career victory on July 3 at Road America in Wisconsin, then announced nine days later he was leaving Richard Childress Racing in 2024 to drive for 23XI, the team owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan.
Win No. 2 seemed to be easily within reach as Reddick was comfortably out front for 15 late laps when debris from Christopher Bell’s car brought out the fourth caution of the race with only six to go.
It set up a restart with three laps remaining and Reddick lined up alongside road course ace Chase Elliott, who briefly got past Reddick for the lead until he was spun for another caution that sent the race into overtime.
Reddick on the next restart had to hold off defending race winner AJ Allmendinger, who also won Saturday in the Xfinity Series. But Allmendinger was physically exhausted and struggling because his cooling device had not worked the entire race, and he hardly challenged Reddick at all.
Allmendinger collapsed when he climbed from his car. His wife and team personnel were seen draping his head in wet towels and dumping water over him before Allmendinger was taken to the care center.
So it was Ross Chastain who made Reddick claw his way to the Yard of Bricks.
Chastain missed the first turn completely and used the access road to return to the racing course ahead of Reddick and the apparent new leader. Reddick chased him for an entire lap around the 2.439-mile course and finally reclaimed the lead in time to lead the entire final lap.
“I couldn’t believe he got ahead of me,” Reddick said. “I was kind of waiting to see if he was going to have a penalty because I didn’t want to move him out of the way and make his race worse than what it was. But hey, we made it work. Hats off to Ross for trying to do that, but really glad it didn’t end up working out because I’d have been pretty (angry).”
NASCAR after the race penalized Chastain for using the access road, which dropped him to 27th.
“I thought we were four-wide and couldn’t go any farther right,” said Chastain, “and decided to take the NASCAR access lane out there.”
Reddick’s win made him the first RCR driver since Kevin Harvick in 2013 to win multiple races in a season, and multiple victories for RCR in a season for the first time since 2017.
It was RCR’s fourth win at Indianapolis as Reddick joined Dale Earnhardt, Kevin Harvick and Paul Menard as Indy winners for Richard Childress. The previous three wins were on the Brickyard’s oval.
But Childress still seemed chapped by Reddick’s early decision to leave in 18 months, specifically citing his cordial split with Harvick at the end of the 2013 season.
“Well, Kevin and I talked through his whole deal and we made a joint announcement. He won four races that year, and we almost won the championship,” Childress said. “This one didn’t happen like that.”
But the owner said he’d still celebrate with Reddick and his sponsors, and he later was alongside Reddick for the customary celebration of kissing the yard of bricks.
“I’ll congratulate him. I’ll congratulate the whole team,” Childress said. “The whole team did a great job. I’ll congratulate our sponsors.”
Austin Cindric, who drives for track owner Roger Penske, finished second in a Ford and was followed by fellow rookie Harrison Burton, who was a career-best third for Wood Brothers Racing. The No. 21 Ford that Burton drives is an offshoot of Team Penske.
Todd Gilliland was next in fourth for his career-best finish, and the rookie led his first career Cup laps when he was out front for four laps in the final stage.
Bubba Wallace in a Toyota for 23XI was fifth and followed by Joey Logano of Penske and finally Allmendinger, who dropped to seventh on the overtime restart. Michael McDowell was eighth and followed by Cole Custer of Stewart-Haas Racing and Chris Buescher of RFK Racing as Ford drivers took seven of the top-10 spots in a race won by a Chevy.
Chevrolet has now won 10 straight Cup races on road courses win since the manufacturer’s 2021 milestone 800th win at Circuit of The Americas.
BAD BIRTHDAY
Kyle Larson had a lousy 30th birthday with a long Sunday at Indianapolis that ended with a frightening crash in which the brakes on his Chevrolet appeared to fail.
The reigning NASCAR champion was already five laps down because of an early flat tire. His day ended early when Larson seemed to have no ability to slow his car as he sailed into a turn and directly into the side of Ty Dillon’s car at full speed.
The hit destroyed Dillon’s car. Once Larson was out of his own car, he jogged over to Dillon to check on him.
“All I saw was a blue flash,” Dillon said. “That’s the hardest I’ve ever been hit.”
Larson declined comment as he exited the infield care center.
UP NEXT
NASCAR races Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, the opener for the final four-week stretch to finalize the playoff field. Ryan Blaney is the defending race winner.
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YREKA, Calif. (AP) — Crews battling the largest wildfire so far this year in California braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that created the potential for additional fire growth Sunday as they sought to protect remote communities.
The McKinney Fire was burning out of control in Northern California’s Klamath National Forest, with expected thunderstorms a big concern Sunday just south of the Oregon state line, said U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Adrienne Freeman.
“The fuel beds are so dry and they can just erupt from that lightning,” Freeman said. “These thunder cells come with gusty erratic winds that can blow fire in every direction.”
The blaze exploded in size to more than 80 square miles (207 square km) just two days after erupting in a largely unpopulated area of Siskiyou County, according to a Sunday incident report. The cause was under investigation.
The blaze torched trees along California Highway 96, and the scorched remains of a pickup truck sat in a lane of the highway. Thick smoke covered the area and flames burned through hillsides in sight of homes.
A second, smaller fire just to the west that was sparked by dry lightning Saturday threatened the tiny town of Seiad, Freeman said. About 400 structures were under threat from the two California fires. Authorities have not confirmed the extent of the damage yet, saying assessments would begin when it was safe to reach the area.
A third fire, which was on the southwest end of the McKinney blaze, prompted evacuation orders for around 500 homes Sunday, said Courtney Kreider, a spokesperson with the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office. The office said crews had been on the scene of the fire since late Saturday but that the fire Sunday morning “became active and escaped its containment line.”
Several people in the sheriff’s office have been affected by evacuation orders due to the fires “and they’re still showing up to work so, (a) very dedicated crew,” she said. A deputy lost his childhood home to fire on Friday, she said.
As the McKinney fire threatened, some residents chose to stay behind while others heeded orders to leave.
Larry Castle and his wife, Nancy, were among about 2,000 residents of the Yreka area under evacuation orders. They left Saturday with some of their prized possessions, including Larry’s motorcycle, and took their dogs to stay with their daughter near Mount Shasta.
Larry Castle said he wasn’t taking any chances after seeing the explosive growth of major fires in recent years.
“You look back at the Paradise fire and the Santa Rosa fire and you realize this stuff is very, very serious,” he told the Sacramento Bee.
In northwest Montana, a fire sparked in grasslands near the town of Elmo had grown to about 17 square miles (44 square km) after advancing into forest. Crews were working along edges of the fire Sunday, and aircraft were expected to continue to make water and retardant drops to help slow the fire’s advance, said Sara Rouse, a spokesperson with the interagency team assigned to the fire. High temperatures and erratic winds were expected, she said.
A section of Highway 28 between Hot Springs and Elmo that had been closed was reopened with drivers asked to watch for fire and emergency personnel. Visibility in the area was poor, Rouse said.
In Idaho, the Moose Fire in the Salmon-Challis National Forest has burned on more than 75 square miles (196 square km) in timbered land near the town of Salmon. It was 21% contained by Sunday morning. Pila Malolo, planning operations section chief on the fire, said in a Facebook video update that hot, dry conditions were expected to persist Sunday. Officials said they expected fire growth in steep, rugged country on the fire’s south side.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Saturday as the McKinney Fire intensified. The proclamation allows Newsom more flexibility to make emergency response and recovery effort decisions and access federal aid.
California law enforcement knocked on doors in the towns of Yreka and Fort Jones to urge residents to get out and safely evacuate their livestock onto trailers. Automated calls were being sent to land phone lines as well because there were areas without cell phone service.
Scientists say climate change has made the West warmer and drier in the past 30 years and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.
The Pacific Coast Trail Association urged hikers to get to the nearest town while the U.S. Forest Service closed a 110-mile (177-km) section of the trail from the Etna Summit to the Mt. Ashland Campground in southern Oregon.
In Hawaii, the Maui County Emergency Management Agency said a brush fire was 90% contained but a red flag warning was in effect for much of Sunday.
And in north Texas, firefighters continued in their effort to contain the 2-week-old, 10 1/2-square-mile (27 1/3-square-kilometer) Chalk Mountain Fire. The crews now report 83% containment of the fire that has destroyed 16 homes and damaged five others about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Fort Worth. No injuries have been reported. | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/california-sees-its-largest-2022-fire/ | 2022-07-31T23:50:53Z | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/california-sees-its-largest-2022-fire/ | true |
Son of Nets' assistant Popeye Jones is No. 1 hockey prospect
Amid a hectic week as a Nets assistant coach, helping the team through a tough playoff series, Popeye Jones did have a few moments to be a proud father. His son, Seth, a defenseman, was officially named the No. 1 North American prospect for the National Hockey League draft by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau.
That put the younger Jones, 18, in position to be the first African-American to be hockey's top overall draft pick.
"You think about all the hard work that he's done, how he started playing hockey at 5. You think about all the early mornings, all the dedication, leaving home at 16 and going to Ann Arbor for the U.S. national development program. Now he's living in Portland in the Western Hockey League," Popeye said before the Nets' Game 4 at United Center Saturday. "You just think of how quickly he had to grow up, how he had to mature fast."
All three of Jones' sons took up hockey when he was playing for the Nuggets and the family lived in the Denver suburbs.
"All of the kids played street hockey. When it got cold, all the kids said they were going inside to play ice hockey," the dad said. "Just being a sports guy, growing up playing basketball, football and baseball, it didn't matter what sport they played. Sports are meant to be fun. Kids learn camaraderie and teamwork and stuff like that."
It helped that the Nuggets and Avalanche shared a weight room, and the elder Jones received advice from Avalanche captain Joe Sakic. Seth quickly became a standout. This season, he led the United States to the World Junior Championship in Russia -- a tournament that internationally has about the same prestige among hockey people as the Final Four does in basketball.
Seth's Portland Winterhawks team also is in the playoffs, having made the WHL finals. He is considered a complete player -- good skater, physical defender, hard shooter, solid passer. Popeye thinks the 6-4, 205-pound 18-year-old could have been a point guard.
"He's a good basketball player. He's actually built like a basketball player. But I think if you look at hockey -- I'm a big fan -- it has a lot of the same things as basketball; pick setting, spacing, give and go, the teamwork. Obviously, I was happy for my kids to play," said the Nets assistant who admits to having welled up when he saw Seth play last September at the Rose Garden Arena, where the hockey player's father played as a visitor against the Trail Blazers.
By all accounts, Seth is a solid citizen with a warm personality. "That's the important thing, the way we raised him," Popeye said, crediting his ex-wife Amy. "All three of our boys are great guys, they respect others, treat people the way you want to be treated. He graduated high school in three years. I'm proud of the kid just as much as the hockey player."
Seth told the NHL Network that he considers himself a thinker, as his dad was in the NBA. If he were to be a historic No. 1 overall choice, he said: "It would be awesome. I'd be speechless."
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Pat Carroll, Emmy winner and voice of Ursula in ‘The Little Mermaid,’ dies at 95
(AP) – Pat Carroll, a comedic television mainstay for decades, Emmy-winner for “Caesar’s Hour” and the voice of Ursula in “The Little Mermaid,” has died. She was 95.
Her daughter Kerry Karsian, a casting agent, said Carroll died at her home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Saturday. Her other daughter Tara Karsian wrote on Instagram that they want everyone to “honor her by having a raucous laugh at absolutely anything today (and everyday forward) because besides her brilliant talent and love, she leaves my sister Kerry and I with the greatest gift of all, imbuing us with humor and the ability to laugh…even in the saddest of times.”
Carroll was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1927. Her family relocated to Los Angeles when she was 5 years old. Her first film role came in 1948 in “Hometown Girl” but she found her stride in television. She won an Emmy for her work on the sketch comedy series “Caesar’s Hour” in 1956, was a regular on “Make Room for Daddy” with Danny Thomas, a guest star on “The DuPont Show with June Allyson” and a variety show regular stopping by “The Danny Kaye Show,” “The Red Skelton Show” and “The Carol Burnett Show.”
She also played one of the wicked stepsisters in the 1965 television production of “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella” with Lesley Ann Warren.
She also played one of the wicked stepsisters in the 1965 television production of “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella” with Lesley Ann Warren. And she won a Grammy in 1980 for the recording of her one woman show “Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein.”
A new generation would come to know and love her voice thanks to Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” which came out in 1989. She was not the first choice of directors Ron Clements and John Musker or the musical team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, who reportedly wanted Joan Collins or Bea Arthur to voice the sea witch. Elaine Stritch was even cast originally before Carroll got to audition. And her throaty rendition of “Poor Unfortunate Souls” would make her one of Disney’s most memorable villains.
Carroll would often say that Ursula was one of her favorite roles. She said she saw her as an “Ex-Shakespearean actress who now sold cars.”
“She’s a mean old thing! I think people are fascinated by mean characters,” Carroll said in an interview. “There’s a fatal kind of distraction about the horrible mean characters of the world because we don’t meet too many of them in real life. So when we have a chance, theatrically, to see one and this one, she’s a biggie, it’s kind of fascinating for us.”
She got the chance to reprise the role in several “Little Mermaid” sequels, spinoffs and even theme park rides.
Carroll was also the voice of Granny in the English-language dub of Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro.”
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Dodgers third. Cody Bellinger singles to shortstop. James Outman homers to center field. Cody Bellinger scores. Mookie Betts grounds out to shortstop, Brendan Rodgers to Connor Joe. Trea Turner grounds out to second base, Brendan Rodgers to Connor Joe. Freddie Freeman grounds out to second base, Brendan Rodgers to Connor Joe.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Dodgers 2, Rockies 0.
Rockies third. Brian Serven homers to left field. Charlie Blackmon grounds out to shallow right field, Mookie Betts to Freddie Freeman. Jose Iglesias hit by pitch. Kris Bryant walks. Jose Iglesias to second. Brendan Rodgers singles to shallow infield. Kris Bryant to second. Jose Iglesias to third. Randal Grichuk singles to right field. Brendan Rodgers to second. Kris Bryant scores. Jose Iglesias scores. Ryan McMahon grounds out to second base. Randal Grichuk out at second.
3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Rockies 3, Dodgers 2.
Dodgers fourth. Will Smith strikes out swinging. Jake Lamb walks. Gavin Lux grounds out to second base, Brendan Rodgers to Connor Joe. Jake Lamb to second. Max Muncy walks. Cody Bellinger doubles to deep right field, advances to 3rd. Max Muncy scores. Jake Lamb scores. Fielding error by Randal Grichuk. James Outman strikes out swinging.
2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on. Dodgers 4, Rockies 3.
Dodgers sixth. Jake Lamb doubles to right field. Gavin Lux grounds out to second base, Brendan Rodgers to Connor Joe. Jake Lamb to third. Max Muncy out on a sacrifice fly to right center field to Randal Grichuk. Jake Lamb scores. Cody Bellinger flies out to deep center field to Yonathan Daza.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Dodgers 5, Rockies 3.
Dodgers seventh. James Outman singles to shallow right field. Mookie Betts singles to center field. James Outman to third. Trea Turner flies out to right field to Randal Grichuk. Freddie Freeman doubles to right field. Mookie Betts to third. James Outman scores. Will Smith called out on strikes. Jake Lamb flies out to deep left center field to Yonathan Daza.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Dodgers 6, Rockies 3.
Dodgers eighth. Gavin Lux walks. Max Muncy grounds out to first base, Connor Joe to Brendan Rodgers to Connor Joe. Gavin Lux to second. Cody Bellinger grounds out to shallow infield to Connor Joe. James Outman doubles to deep right center field. Gavin Lux scores. Mookie Betts grounds out to shallow infield, Brendan Rodgers to Connor Joe.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were:
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WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
457 PM PDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
SOUTHEASTERN INYO AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES...
Flash flooding is ongoing in the warned area. This warning has been
replaced with a new one that goes through 8 pm PDT.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM PDT for portions of
southeast California and southern Nevada.
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST/5 PM PDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE, SOUTHEASTERN INYO, SAN BERNARDINO
AND SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES...
Flash flooding is ongoing in the warned area, particularly eastern
San Bernardino County. This warning has been replaced with a new one
that goes through 8 pm PDT.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MST/1000 PM PDT for
portions of southeast California and southern Nevada.
NORTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...
WESTERN INYO COUNTY...
Flash flooding is ongoing in the warned area, particularly across
Death Valley National Park. This warning has been replaced with a
new one that goes through 8 pm PDT.
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Northeast Los Angeles County including Pinon Hills,
Wrightwood, Llano, highways 2 and 138.
* WHEN...Until 800 PM PDT.
* IMPACTS...Heavy rainfall could trigger shallow debris flows in and
near the Bobcat burn scar. Minor flooding in low-lying and poor
drainage areas. Water over roadways. Some low-water crossings may
become impassable.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 452 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Wrightwood, Pearblossom, Llano, Valyermo, Highway 138 east of
Llano, and the Angeles Crest Highway between Mount Waterman
and Wrightwood.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move away from recently burned areas. The rain will likely trigger
shallow mud and debris flows, minor rock falls, and flooding capable
of localized damage, especially in steep terrain in and near burn
scars.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.
...A DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MST/530 PM PDT/ FOR
NORTHERN LA PAZ AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES...
At 458 PM MST/458 PM PDT/, a wall of dust was along a line extending
from 12 miles east of Alamo Lake State Park to 12 miles southwest of
Alamo Lake to 11 miles west of Bouse, moving northwest at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Less than a mile visibility with strong wind in excess of
40 mph.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Hazardous travel.
This includes the following highways...
AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 22 and 30.
AZ Route 72 between mile markers 14 and 39.
AZ Route 95 between mile markers 114 and 146, between mile markers
148 and 154, and between mile markers 156 and 161.
Locations impacted include...
Parker, Alamo Lake, Quartzsite, Alamo Lake State Park, Buckskin
Mountain Park, Bouse and Poston.
Blowing dust brings reduced visibility, leading to dangerous driving
conditions. If driving, avoid blowing dust if possible. If caught in
dense blowing dust, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep
your foot off the brake.
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VANDALIA, Ohio (WDTN)– The Dayton Air Show wrapped up Sunday bringing in thousands of aviation fans.
The Blue Angels Super Hornets made their first appearance here in the Dayton Air Show this weekend. Besides the Blue Angels, several local pilots have missions right here in the Miami Valley.
For over 20 years, Pilots for Christ has flown hundreds of Miami Valley and mid-west families in need. They showcased their plane in the center of Dayton’s Air Show hoping those in need hear their mission.
“Aviation is more than War Birds and airplanes you see, it’s about God’s mission and being able to carry people to different locations, help them and help their families through the needs they have,” said President Pilots for Christ Todd Kinser.
Aviation History Enthusiast Mike Absten showcased his experimental Vans RV6. Mike was told as a kid that he would never become a pilot due to wearing glasses and decades later, he comes to the Dayton Air Show to inspire all children of all backgrounds.
“I served 22 years in United Airlines, served in the Air Force Reserve, Army Guard, Army Reserve, I fly private and helicopters, all of these are things I wasn’t supposed to do,” said Absten. “I want kids to know that no matter what income bracket they come from or the smartest kid in the class, if you like aviation there is something there for you.”
The Ohio Military Reserves says the Dayton Air Show promotes patriotism on all levels, showing support for the members in the air and the boots on the ground.
“The Dayton Air Show has allowed all the federal services and state guard to come out and recruit because they support patriotism, they support America, and our armed services,” said Sgt. John Kozak. “As boots on the ground, we can support that mission here.”
The Dayton Air Show attracts thousands of Ohioans every year but with the Blue Angels Super Hornets in town, residents wanted to see their first appearance in the Miami Valley.
“When I heard they were switching over to the new Super Hornets, I thought man that’s going to make the show so much better, they’re bigger, easier to see and way louder,” said Resident John McNees.
Fans are already gearing up for next year’s Dayton Air Show with the Thunderbirds coming back into town for 2023. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/local-news/dayton-air-show-wraps-up-looking-ahead-to-2023/ | 2022-08-01T00:17:36Z | https://www.wdtn.com/news/local-news/dayton-air-show-wraps-up-looking-ahead-to-2023/ | false |
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ezequiel Duran hit a three-run double in the ninth inning as the Texas Rangers beat the Angels 5-2 Sunday despite Los Angeles starter Reid Detmers throwing an immaculate inning.
Texas took three of four from the Angels and went 5-6 on its season-high, 11-game road trip.
Detmers became the first pitcher in seven years with a no-hitter and an immaculate inning in the same season, achieving the latter during the second inning when he struck out Duran, Kole Calhoun and Charlie Culberson on nine pitches. It is the fourth immaculate inning in the majors this year and the 109th in baseball's recorded history.
Shohei Ohtani and Brandon Marsh had two hits apiece for the Angels, who dropped three of four and went 6-18 in July.
The Rangers got their first three aboard in the ninth on Leody Taveras' base hit and Jose Quijada (0-3) issuing walks to Jonah Heim and Adolis Garcia. Duran then cleared the bases with a double to the right-center field gap off Raisel Iglesias.
Brock Burke (5-2) came on in relief of starter Dane Dunning and pitched two scoreless innings. Jonathan Hernandez retired the side in the ninth for his first major league save.
Detmers went seven innings and struck out a career-high 12 while allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits.
Dunning gave up two runs on seven hits and struck out four in six in
The Rangers quickly got to Detmers with a run in the first. Marcus Semien drew a leadoff walk, stole second and scored when Nathaniel Lowe had a hit up the middle.
The Angels tied it in the home half of the frame on Luis Rengifo's RBI single to plate Ohtani. The AL MVP reached with a triple down the right-field line.
Los Angeles had the bases loaded with none out but could only get across one run on a sacrifice fly by Andrew Velazquez.
The Rangers evened it at 2 in the fifth. For the third time in the series, they took advantage of an Angels' left fielder having problems playing balls hit into the corner when Charlie Culberson doubled down the line and took third when Marsh misplayed it. Culberson scored one batter later on Elier Hernandez's sacrifice fly.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rangers: SS Corey Seager (lower right leg contusion) was out of the lineup for the third straight day. A stint on the injured list is a possibility after he is re-evaluated on Monday. ... IF Brad Miller (neck strain) began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Round Rock.
Angels: 3B Phil Gosselin was in the lineup after leaving Saturday's game when he was beaned in the third inning. ... IF David Fletcher got a day off after playing in three straight games following his return from the injured list. Fletcher was on the IL for nearly three months due to a left hip strain.
ROSTER MOVE
RHP Jimmy Herget was activated off the injured list after missing 30 games due to right shoulder impingement. In a corresponding move, right-hander Chase Silseth was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake.
UP NEXT
Rangers: Return home for seven games starting Monday against Baltimore. Texas has won seven of the last nine games started by right-hander Jon Gray (7-5, 3.62 ERA).
Angels: Begin a three-game series against Oakland on Tuesday. RHP Noah Syndergaard (5-8, 3.83 ERA) is listed as the starter, but he has been the subject of trade speculation as Tuesday's deadline draws near.
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HUNTSVILLE — America’s visual memory banks are flooded with the unforgettable plumes of flame from tall rocket ships as they’ve roared into space from the Florida coast.
The reality of the nation’s journey into space actually starts with the testing of those engineering marvels at a complex a couple of hours up the highway from Anniston.
Dr. Werner Von Braun, the German wizard of rocketry, understood the historical significance of both the Redstone Arsenal and the Marshall Space Flight Center when he became the head of the latter in 1960.
The place continues to be relevant today, as most of the critical hardware of the recently deployed James Webb Space Telescope was tested there. The site was also announced as the new headquarters for the U.S. Space Command.
Von Braun had already said a decade before they happened that rocket flights to the moon were possible and, once named to lead that mission of discovery, he envisioned a site where the history and artifacts of that mission could be enshrined.
The Alabama Space and Rocket Center, now known as the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, opened its doors March 17, 1970, shortly after man’s second landing on the moon.
The Saturn V rocket that stands tall above its physical plant has become an icon of the Huntsville skyline just as the Empire State Building is for New York, and its site was given the address “1 Tranquility Base” — the name of Apollo 11’s landing site.
Much has changed over the past half century for the center besides the name.
The development of Space Camp, a program designed for kids and adults to fully immerse themselves in the workings of space, remains fully booked and was even the basis of a popular movie of the same name filmed at the Space Center.
Now affiliated with the Smithsonian Museum, the Space Center has added the Davidson Center for Space Exploration. It is staffed by many who once worked with the space program and allows visitors to walk stem from stern underneath a Saturn V rocket which took men to the moon. A lunar rover, a simulated lunar lander, and an actual moon rock are also displayed.
There is the opportunity to feel the cramped quarters of the space station as one discovers how astronauts live in zero gravity.
Just as the times and the technology have changed, so have the exhibits.
A new planetarium and a virtual reality Apollo 11 simulator are just a few of the many new interactive exhibits which are available for an added fee.
The U.S. Space and Rocket Center is open daily from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. except for Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
General Admission is $30 for ages 13-adult, $20 for ages 5-12, and free for children under 4.
Admission and the purchase of tickets for additional interactive attractions can be done online at www.rocketcenter.com. | https://www.annistonstar.com/news/state/huntsville-s-space-center-marks-starting-point-of-nation-s-space-travel/article_216ad26e-111f-11ed-954e-076aaf045a8b.html | 2022-08-01T00:25:14Z | https://www.annistonstar.com/news/state/huntsville-s-space-center-marks-starting-point-of-nation-s-space-travel/article_216ad26e-111f-11ed-954e-076aaf045a8b.html | true |
Bronx armed robbery ring luring men to hotels in fake hookup scheme
NEW YORK - The NYPD is searching for three suspects connected to an armed robbery ring in the Bronx that has been luring men to hotels before tying up their victims and escaping with cash and clothing.
According to authorities, the thieves struck at least five times in July.
Prior to each incident, police say the suspects connect a man with an alleged woman via Facebook and agree to meet up with them at a motel. The victim would then go to the motel at the agreed-upon time, where he would meet with an unidentified woman.
Once both were inside the hotel room, the woman would instruct the man to take a shower, and while he is in the bathroom, she lets another woman and a man into the room.
When the man exits the bathroom, the two new people in the hotel room both point guns at the victim and threaten to shoot him.
The three suspects would then tie up the victim using duct tape and take his personal property, including cash and cellphones, before fleeing the location with the victim's clothing.
The five robberies occurred on the following dates and times:
- July 7 at around 6 p.m, inside the Wheeler Hotel Bronx, at 1162 Wheeler Avenue. The victim was a 31-year-old man.
- July 16 at around 12:40 a.m. at the Crown Motor Inn at 3320 Boston Road. The victim was a 31-year-old man.
- July 17 at around 3 p.m. at the Friendly Motor Inn at 1119 Gun Hill Road. The victim was a 48-year-old man.
- July 24 at around 8:30 p.m. at the Van Cortlandt Motel at 6393 Broadway. The victim was a 46-year-old man.
- July 26 at around 11 p.m. at the Sheridan Hotel at 1440 Sheridan Boulevard. The victim was a 45-year-old man.
None of the victims reportedly suffered any serious injuries.
The suspects are described as:
- A roughly 25-year-old woman with a heavy build, a medium complexion, black hair, tattoos on both arms and wearing eyeglasses. Police say this is the individual the victim allegedly communicates with on Facebook before the robberies.
- A roughly 40-year-old woman with a heavy build, a medium complexion, and black hair, standing around 4 feet, 11 inches tall, and weighing about 140 pounds.
- A roughly 25-year-old man with a medium build, dark complexion ad black hair, standing around 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighing around 170 pounds.
Anyone with information in regard to these incidents is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
Police say all calls are strictly confidential. | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/bronx-armed-robbery-ring-luring-men-to-hotels-in-fake-hookup-scheme | 2022-08-01T00:34:05Z | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/bronx-armed-robbery-ring-luring-men-to-hotels-in-fake-hookup-scheme | true |
Tim Tebow to open first Clean Juice store, talks partnership with company
Tim Tebow, the two-time college football national champion and first-round NFL draft pick, will open his first Clean Juice franchise in Florida next month.
Tebow joined Clean Juice as a national ambassador in June 2021. Clean Juice also made contributions to the Tim Tebow Foundation through the Quarters4Kids campaign that serves underprivileged children. Tebow’s store is set to open in Jacksonville.
The former Florida quarterback and Clean Juice CEO Landon Eckles told FOX Business in a recent interview they met each other a little over two years ago. Eckles said he knew of Tebow’s foundational work and their partnership was a natural fit.
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"(I) got to sit down with (Landon’s wife) Kat and Landon and talk foundation work and I got to hear more about Clean Juice and I was like, wait a second, I love the people, it was awesome, we hit it off, and I was like, I love the production, and then I got to hear the mission statement and the process behind it and I was like dang, this is really cool. Then we just figured out more ways to partner up," Tebow said.
"So, I got to be an ambassador for the last little bit and I got my first store opening here in a couple weeks, which I’m super excited about. But I just love it because all over the country where I go, I get a chance to stop in and have a great product. The way that they impact so many people, and the encouragement and them not being ashamed for what they stand for, and why they’re doing it I think is something that is so encouraging to me. And also, to see the impact it’s made on so many people. Yeah, it's only a few seconds that you get every time someone comes in, but you have the ability to encourage them to make a difference, to inspire people in the little things in the way that it’s done."
Clean Juice was launched in 2016 as the first and only USDA-certified organic juice and food bar franchise. Eckles told FOX Business the company opened its 200th store earlier this year and served almost four million customers nationwide.
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"We want to impact people," Eckles said. "We have a chance to do that every single day. Last year, we served almost four million guests. We have the chance to improve four million lives, and that number just keeps growing.
"We got started because we really just wanted to have a place that served an organic and truly healthy product in the community that we serve. My wife has always been super passionate about health and wellness. Eventually, she got me into it. We just wanted to do something together and take our strengths and really just create something that could benefit people, not just in the food that we serve but the way that we impacted them every single they came into our store."
Eckles suggested that a Clean Juice name, image and likeness (NIL) program could happen someday.
NIL deals have been a large part of college athletics in recent years. Everybody from Tom Brady to local air conditioning companies seem to have NIL deals with college athletes.
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"We’re opening stores every week. Our brand is really growing. We’ve only really been doing this for six years and to have over 200 locations at this point is absolutely incredible," Eckles said. "Right now, we have an incredible partnership with Tim Tebow. We know a lot of athletes, a lot of great people who are awesome people and could be great ambassadors. We haven’t done anything yet. But we do think that could be an opportunity one day."
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D.C. United stuns Orlando City 2-1 in Rooney's debut
WASHINGTON (AP) - New D.C. United coach Wayne Rooney didn't have to wait long to earn his first victory.
Chris Durkin and Taxiarchis Fountas scored goals during second-half stoppage time and D.C. United stunned Orlando City 2-1 on Sunday in Rooney's debut.
Rooney was hired on July 12 but had to watch United´s last three matches while waiting for his work visa to be approved. The 36-year-old English national, played in D.C. from 2018-19.
Júnior Urso scored in the 9th minute to give Orlando City (8-9-6) a 1-0 lead. Alexandre Pato picked up an assist on Urso's third goal of the season.
D.C. United (6-12-3) didn't score until Chris Durkin found the net in the first minute of extended play. Fountas scored the match-winner four minutes later. Fountas has 11 goals this season. Martín Rodríguez picked up an assist on both scores.
Rafael Romo saved three shots for United. Pedro Gallese had two saves for Orlando.
D.C. United head coach Wayne Rooney reacts after an MLS soccer match against Orlando City, Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Washington. D.C. United won 2-1. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Orlando outshot United 15-8. Both teams had four shots on goal.
United's last win was a 5-3 victory over Orlando on July 4.
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D.C. United head coach Wayne Rooney, second from left, celebrates with Martin Rodriguez (77) after an MLS soccer match against Orlando City, Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Washington. D.C. United won 2-1. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
D.C. United head coach Wayne Rooney reacts after an MLS soccer match against Orlando City, Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Washington. D.C. United won 2-1. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
D.C. United head coach Wayne Rooney reacts after an MLS soccer match against Orlando City, Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Washington. D.C. United won 2-1. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
D.C. United forward Taxiarchis Fountas celebrates his second half goal against Orlando City during an MLS soccer match, Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Washington. D.C. United won 2-1. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Orlando City head coach Oscar Pareja, left, talks to his team as D.C. United head coach Wayne Rooney, right, looks on during the second half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Washington. D.C. United won 2-1. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
D.C. United head coach Wayne Rooney, center, reacts during the second half of an MLS soccer match against Orlando City, Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Washington. D.C. United won 2-1. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
D.C. United defender Steve Birnbaum, back, and Orlando City forward Alexandre Pato compete for the ball during the second half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Washington. D.C. United won 2-1. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
D.C. United players celebrate after forward Taxiarchis Fountas, second from right, scored a goal against Orlando City during the second half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Washington. D.C. United won 2-1. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11067637/D-C-United-stuns-Orlando-City-2-1-Rooneys-debut.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-01T00:35:51Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11067637/D-C-United-stuns-Orlando-City-2-1-Rooneys-debut.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
NHS campaign urges people not to ignore lung cancer symptoms
The NHS has launched a lung cancer awareness campaign to encourage those with symptoms to go for earlier GP checks to catch the disease sooner.
The Help Us Help You campaign, launched on World Lung Cancer Day, targets those most at risk, including over-60s and people from working-class backgrounds who are often more reluctant to visit their GP.
Lung cancer is the biggest cause of cancer-related deaths in England, with 26,410 patients dying last year making it the fifth biggest cause of death overall in England.
Professor Peter Johnson, national clinical director for cancer, said: “For lung cancer, we have not seen referrals bounce back at the same rate as other cancers.
“It is vital that people stay alert against suspected lung cancer symptoms, so if you have a continuous cough or breathlessness, don’t ignore or assume it’s something else, please visit your GP and get it checked out – it probably won’t be cancer but catching it early can help save lives.”
Symptoms can include having a cough for longer than three weeks, coughing up blood, or persistent breathlessness.
The Help Us Help You campaign targets those most at risk including over-60s and people from working-class backgrounds who are often more reluctant to visit their GP (Alamy/PA)
Health Secretary Steve Barclay said: “We know that the earlier you catch cancer, the better the chances of survival, and the Help Us Help You initiative is empowering people to come forward for screening – particularly for lung cancer, which is the biggest cause of death by cancer in England.
“I want to thank all those that continue to be involved in this lifesaving campaign, which aims to increase the number of cancer patients diagnosed at earlier stages from half to three-quarters by 2028.
“If you have any of the key symptoms set out by the NHS, I urge you to see your GP without delay to get checked out – early diagnosis is absolutely vital to beat this disease.”
Tracy Bourne, 59, from Stoke-on-Trent, who recovered from lung cancer in 2019, said: “I am just so grateful to that GP who realised that my cough might have been more than an infection and sent me for the initial X-ray. Without a doubt, it saved my life.”
Cally Palmer, NHS England national cancer director said it was “imperative” that people are aware of the symptoms and come forward as quickly as possible.
She said: “The NHS is here to help and our services are open so people should not hesitate to come forward if they notice potential lung cancer symptoms.” | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11067557/NHS-campaign-urges-people-not-ignore-lung-cancer-symptoms.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-01T00:38:11Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11067557/NHS-campaign-urges-people-not-ignore-lung-cancer-symptoms.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Green-fingered experts at GardeningExpress.co.uk have put together essential tasks to carry out in the garden during August which include pruning, harvesting and looking out for blight.
n August it’s important to keep your crops hydrated as well as keeping an eye on the general condition of your plants during the heat.
Towards the end of the month you may want to start prepping your garden for the colder conditions that we often get during September by doing things like giving your lawn a final mow.
Chris Bonnett, founder of GardeningExpress.co.uk said: “August tends to be the hottest month of the year, although we can never predict what the British weather is going to do, it's important to be prepared to give your plants some really good hydration.
“A lot of people also go on holiday in August and if you are planning on going away then it’s a good idea to give your plants a good water before you go and ask a trusted friend or neighbour to oversee everything while you’re away.
“This is also when you want to harvest your vegetables like sweetcorn and courgettes. Just be sure you store them correctly and make use of them whilst they’re fresh.”
Gardening jobs for August
1. Begin pruning
Keep on top of pruning once summer-flowering shrubs have fully blossomed, ensuring plants are kept under control. Fruit trees, such as apples and pears, should be pruned once they are trained, and remain in the sunlight for further ripening. Plants such as wisteria should be pruned regularly to keep under control, and lavender should be pruned for it to remain compact and bushy.
2. Start harvesting
August means that vegetables, such as courgettes and sweetcorn, can now be harvested. Lift up potatoes to make summer salads; remembering to store them in a hessian bag to allow darkness and ventilation. Runner beans can be regularly harvested to allow new pods to grow and prevent the beans from becoming stringy.
3. Remove deadheads
Remove deadheads to encourage new flowers to develop and to avoid unsightly gardens. Concentrate removing deadheads from perennial plants – such as dahlias and lilies – to promote an ongoing show of blossoms in the garden. To remove deadheads simply pinch the stem below the faded flower with your finger and thumb.
4. Cut and dry herbs
The late summer month means cutting herbs such as rosemary and sage. Remember to freeze any leftover herbs to use in dishes and drinks over the coming months. Dry out herbs such as dill and caraway in the garden (away from the direct sunlight). Promote the growth and survival of the winter frost, for perennial herbs like oregano and thyme, by simply trimming them.
5. Watch out for blight
Ensure to keep an eye on blight throughout August, especially on tomatoes and potatoes. Blight on tomatoes begins in large brown spots on the stems. Once you see this, pull off the infected plants. For potatoes, blight appears in small dark patches on the edge of the potato leaves. Immediately cut off the top growth to prevent the infectious blight from spreading, then wait a fortnight before harvesting them.
6. Mow the lawn and trim hedges
In August it is important for a final trim of all hedges before they stop growing over winter. Cut the top of the hedge last, and rake away fallen leaves and twigs for a fresh garden. For lawns, do not use high nitrogen fertiliser as this only encourages growth, which will be harmed by the upcoming autumn weather. The late summer means a slower lawn growth, so ensure that lawn mowers are set to a higher cut.
7. Prepare before going on holiday
August often means summer holidays away from home – but it is important to not neglect your garden. Ask friends, family, and neighbours to water plants and flowers, and move potted plants into the shade. If holidaying for a longer period of time, consider installing an automatic watering system whilst away, for both outside plants, and drip irrigation for greenhouses.
8. Regular watering is essential
Watering is fundamental to a blooming and flourishing garden throughout the summer heat. A healthy garden requires frequent watering in August. Top up water features and bird-baths regularly, and water fruit and vegetable plants, daily. When watering, aim directly at the root to avoid dry soil caused from the heat.
9. Greenhouse humidity and ventilation is crucial
To prevent damaging plants by overheating, ventilate the greenhouse by opening vents and doors on August’s warm summer days. To further look after delicate plants from overheating, consider using blinds or shade paint in the greenhouse. Increase the humidity of the greenhouse during the hot weather by dampening the greenhouse by pouring water across the floor each day.
10. Plan for the coming months
Plan winter gardens whilst spending time outdoors in the sun. Plant bulbs such as nerines and colchicums ready for autumn. Prep in time for colder months by planning out garden borders and vegetable patches. In August, plant vegetables such as broccoli and cabbage to ensure they are ready for winter harvesting. | https://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/top-10-jobs-to-do-in-the-garden-in-august-3780250 | 2022-08-01T00:41:06Z | https://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/top-10-jobs-to-do-in-the-garden-in-august-3780250 | true |
WFO PHOENIX Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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DUST STORM ADVISORY
Dust Advisory
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
422 PM MST Sun Jul 31 2022
The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a
* Dust Advisory for...
Northern La Paz County in west central Arizona...
Maricopa County in south central Arizona...
Riverside County in southern California...
* Until 530 PM MST/530 PM PDT/.
* At 422 PM MST/422 PM PDT/, a wall of dust was along a line
extending from 9 miles north of Aguila to 10 miles northwest of
Wenden to 6 miles southwest of Brenda, moving northwest at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Less than one mile visibility with strong wind in excess
of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Hazardous travel.
* This includes the following highways...
AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 22 and 42.
US Highway 60 between mile markers 31 and 74.
AZ Route 72 between mile markers 14 and 49.
Locations impacted include...
Parker, Alamo Lake, Quartzsite, Alamo Lake State Park, Salome,
Brenda, Buckskin Mountain Park, Bouse, Vicksburg Junction, Wenden,
Vicksburg, Harcuvar and Poston.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Blowing dust brings reduced visibility, leading to dangerous driving
conditions. If driving, avoid blowing dust if possible. If caught in
dense blowing dust, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep
your foot off the brake.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Formula One champion Max Verstappen overcame a spin and his worst starting spot of the season to win the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday. His eighth win of the season pushed Verstappen’s lead to 80 points over Charles Leclerc as F1 heads into its midseason break.
Even though his advantage keeps increasing, Verstappen is not thinking ahead.
“It’s of course a great lead,” he said. “But if you want to fight for championships, you can’t afford many mistakes.”
Mercedes placed both its cars on the podium for the second straight race; seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton carved his way from seventh to a second-place finish, teammate and pole-sitter George Russell was third.
Carlos Sainz Jr. finished fourth in another disastrous day for Ferrari. Leclerc was sixth, one spot behind Sergio Perez of Red Bull.
Verstappen’s eighth win of the season was the 28th of the Dutchman’s career.
“Who would have thought when we woke up today we’d get this result? Amazing,” Verstappen told his team, letting out a laugh. “I was battling a lot of guys and it was a lot of fun out there. That was a crazy race but (we) stayed calm and we won.”
He qualified a season-worst 10th because of a loss of power on Saturday, then in Sunday’s race Verstappen did a 360-degree spin.
“Unbelievable Max, that is right up there with your best,” Red Bull team principal Christian Horner replied. “Fantastic.”
Russell, who started from the pole for the first time in his career, led 30 laps until Leclerc passed him on the outside as dark clouds rolled over the Hungaroring circuit and a light rain began to fall.
With Leclerc leading, Verstappen undercut for quicker tires. Ferrari made a mistake in choosing the more durable hard tires for Leclerc.
“These tires are (expletive),” Leclerc said.
He later explained that he thought it was the wrong call.
“I made it clear that I wanted to keep (the medium tire) as long as possible, but we pitted very early for the hard, which we need to understand why. I think stopping for the hard was the turning point,” Leclerc said. “Before thinking about the championship, to be honest, as a team we need to understand what we need to do to get better. Because otherwise it’s going to be really difficult.”
Moments later, Verstappen lost grip and spun on track, allowing Sainz to take the lead from Hamilton. Leclerc passed Verstappen, only to lose position soon after because Verstappen had faster tires.
“It was very tricky conditions out there but we had a really good strategy,” Verstappen said. “We were really reactive, always pitting at the right time. Even with the 360 we still won.”
Recalling the spin, Verstappen said: “I went on throttle and completely lost the rear, it caught me out.”
Ferrari’s strategy woes just won’t go away. Leclerc has seen two nailed-on wins disappear — at the Monaco GP and the British GP — after team calls dropped him down from a dominant position into fourth place.
Ferrari botched Sainz’s next tire stop on Lap 47, taking too long to fit his rear left tire.
“It always feels like there’s always something going on, reliability, mistakes, whatever,” a clearly frustrated Leclerc said.
Hamilton stayed out but was losing time to Verstappen as the rain increased.
Leclerc, who crashed when leading the French Grand Prix last week, came in for a third tire change on Lap 55.
Ferrari’s strategy calls even confused Verstappen.
“I think Ferrari chose their wrong tires in their final stint before they pitted again,” Verstappen said. “Ferrari was very fast, they just made the wrong call with the hard tire (for Leclerc).”
Lando Norris finished seventh for McLaren, Fernando Alonso was eighth and his Alpine teammate Esteban Ocon was ninth. Sebastian Vettel of Aston Martin was 10th.
Vettel, who won his four F1 titles with Red Bull from 2010-13, is retiring at the end of the season, by which point Verstappen may well have beaten his F1 record of 13 wins in a season from 2013.
F1 said 290,000 attended the three days of racing in Hungary. On Saturday, F1 released a video condemning all forms of abusive behavior.
Abusive behavior from spectators overshadowed the Austrian Grand Prix three weeks ago, where fans — particularly women — made F1 aware of rampant harassment, sexism, racism, and homophobia.
Verstappen was asked to comment after winning Sunday’s race on a video posted on social media this weekend, showing an orange-clad fan burning what appeared to be some Mercedes merchandise.
“That’s of course not acceptable,” said Verstappen, who called for increased security in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. “I definitely don’t agree with that, because that’s just disgusting.”
After a month-long break the season resumes with a triple header in Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy.
“For both cars to be on the podium is really special for us. The other guys have an edge but we’re clearly closing the gap,” Hamilton said. “Hopefully we’ll bring more into the second half of the season and start fighting with the guys at the front.”
Russell pointed out how, not so long ago, Mercedes was lagging way behind Red Bull.
“We were finishing one minute behind, and now we’re 10 seconds back,” he said.
Verstappen also has good reason to welcome the resurgence of Mercedes.
“It’s good they’re competitive,” he quipped. “It means they can steal more points off Ferrari.”
AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly started from the pit lane after being penalized for multiple engine-part changes and finished 12th.
McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo showed some of his old form with a great double overtake on Ocon and Alonso approaching midway through the race, celebrating with an exuberant expletive.
But Ricciardo wasn’t laughing later on as the Australian driver got a five-second time penalty for clipping Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin and sending him off track. Ricciardo placed a lowly 15th. | https://www.timesleader.com/sports/1568044/spin-and-win-verstappen-rallies-to-eighth-win-of-f1-season-2 | 2022-08-01T00:45:18Z | https://www.timesleader.com/sports/1568044/spin-and-win-verstappen-rallies-to-eighth-win-of-f1-season-2 | false |
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Jerry Ceppos, a distinguished news editor, executive and educator, whose career included leading Pulitzer Prize winning teams and two journalism schools, died Friday. He was 75.
The cause of death was sepsis brought on by a severe infection, according to an obituary approved by the family.
Ceppos rose to become the one-time vice president of news at Knight Ridder, one of the nation’s newspaper companies. Prior to that he worked at the San Jose Mercury News, serving as the paper’s managing editor, executive editor and senior vice president. The newspaper won two Pulitzer Prizes during his tenure.
He served as dean of the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada/Reno and as dean of the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University from 2011 to 2018. Under his leadership, the school launched the LSU Cold Case Project in which students work to solve unsolved civil rights murders. He moved to a full-time teaching role in 2018.
“A relentless supporter of democracy, ethics and diversity, Jerry was a titan in the field of journalism and mass communication education over the course of 50-plus years,” the Manship School of Mass Communication posted in a statement announcing his death.
In 2016, Ceppos was named a fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists, the society’s highest honor that recognizes “journalists who have made an extraordinary contribution to the profession.” He also won the organization’s Ethics in Journalism Award in 1997.
His most recent publication was editing the 2021 book, “Covering Politics in the Age of Trump,” a collection of essays by journalists. | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/jerry-ceppos-distinguished-editor-educator-dies-at-age-75/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2022-08-01T00:54:10Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/jerry-ceppos-distinguished-editor-educator-dies-at-age-75/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | false |
2 dead, 3 severely injured after being hit by car during Make A Wish Bicycle Tour
IONIA CO., Mich. (FOX 2) - A man was arrested after he hit five bicyclists during the Make A Wish Bicycle Tour in Ionia County.
The incident happened Saturday, July 30, at 11:15 am, in the 3000 block of Stage Rd in Ronald Township.
Police say they received a 911 call about a car that had run into a group of bicyclists.
MORE: 1 dead, another injured after shooting on Detroit's west side
According to authorities, five cyclists had been struck while cycling southbound on Stage Road by a northbound SUV that crossed the center line into northbound traffic while trying to pass another vehicle.
One cyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. Another cyclist was flown by Aero Med to Spectrum Butterworth in Grand Rapids, MI, but also died from his injuries.
The three other cyclists were transported to nearby hospitals and suffered severe injuries.
The driver of the vehicle which struck the bicyclists was arrested for two counts of operating while intoxicated, causing death, police said
All 5 of the cyclists are men, and all are from the east side of the state. They were participating in the Make a Wish Bicycle Tour, a three-day endurance ride covering most of the State of Michigan. | https://www.fox13news.com/news/2-dead-3-severely-injured-after-being-hit-by-car-during-make-a-wish-bicycle-tour | 2022-08-01T00:54:56Z | https://www.fox13news.com/news/2-dead-3-severely-injured-after-being-hit-by-car-during-make-a-wish-bicycle-tour | false |
New 'pseudoscorpions' discovered in WA
Scientists have discovered seven new species of pseudoscorpions, pear-shaped creatures similar to spiders and ticks, which they believe may be native to the Kimberley region.
Pseudoscorpions look similar to a scorpion, with eight legs and scorpion-like pincers, but are a different animal.
Both are classed as arachnids but pseudoscorpions have teardrop-shaped bodies and no tail, looking like a cross between a spider, a tick and a scorpion.
They hunt prey using an ambush technique, similar to spiders, and have glands within their claws that produce venom capable of immobilising prey.
Glands in their jaws are also capable of spinning silk to make cocoons which they use for mating or moulting.
The creatures were discovered by Western Australian Museum department head Mark Harvey at two locations in WA's northern Kimberley region - Charnley River Station, an Australian Wildlife Conservancy property, and Wunaamin Conservation Park.
Dr Harvey believes the seven separate species may be native and entirely unique to the Kimberley.
He said the creatures can help scientists better understand the effects of climate change on wildlife.
"Small arthropods like pseudoscorpions are very sensitive to changes in their environment making them an excellent indicator species, like canaries in a coal mine," Dr Harvey said.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek congratulated Dr Harvey and his team on the "exciting" discovery, adding that the recent State of the Environment report highlighted the pressures on Australian ecosystems.
"The discovery of important indicator species such as the pseudoscorpion can help us understand more about Australia's changing environment and the impact of climate change on terrestrial species."
The finding was made as part of the species discovery program Bush Blitz, which has uncovered more than 1800 new species of local plants and animals in the last decade.
Of an estimated 580,000-680,000 species in Australia, some three quarters are yet to be identified and scientifically described. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11063765/New-pseudoscorpions-discovered-WA.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-01T00:57:42Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11063765/New-pseudoscorpions-discovered-WA.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Hanford CA
512 PM PDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
The Flood Advisory is cancelled for a portion of central California,
including the following counties, Kern and Tulare.
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING
FOR INYO, SAN BERNARDINO AND SOUTHWESTERN NYE COUNTIES...
At 512 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms continue to
produce heavy rain across Inyo County including the lower eastern
slopes of the Sierra Nevada west of Lone Pine and all of Death
Valley National Park. Flash flooding is ongoing along State Route
127 and Highway 190.
HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water crossings,
creeks, normally dry washes and roads.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Stovepipe Wells, Furnace Creek, Olancha, Lone Pine, Independence,
Shoshone, Big Pine, South Lake, Panamint Springs, Darwin, Texas
Springs Campground, Mesquite Springs Campground, Keeler, Homewood
Canyon-Valley Wells, Scottys Castle, Cartago, Diaz Lake, Portagee
Lake Campground, Tuttle Creek Campground and Whitney Portal
Campground.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
FOR NORTHEASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...
produce heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing
across San Bernardino County, particularly through the Mojave
National Preserve, where all roadways are currently closed.
Fort Irwin, Kelso, Baker, Mitchell Caverns, Cima, Daggett, Mid
Hills Campground, Ludlow, Hole In The Wall Campground, Black
Canyon Equestrian Campground, Amboy, Afton Canyon Campground,
Mountain Pass, Nipton And Ivanpah Roads, Essex, Nipton, Dumont
Dunes, Sr 127 Near Dumont Dunes, Newberry Springs and Tecopa.
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST/8 PM PDT/
THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE, SAN BERNARDINO AND
SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES...
At 513 PM MST /513 PM PDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms
producing heavy rain developing around Bullhead City south through
the Mojave Valley. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
Bullhead City, Laughlin, Needles, Mesquite Creek, Mohave Valley,
Mojave Ranch Estates, Oatman and Willow Valley.
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of central California, including the following
county, Kern.
* WHEN...Until 715 PM PDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Water over roadways. Overflowing poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 514 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Up to 1 inch of rain has
fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are expected over
the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Walker Pass.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
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SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, July 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high-quality medicines for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology and other major diseases, and Laekna Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to bringing ground-breaking therapies to cancer and liver fibrosis patients worldwide, jointly announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial (clinicaltrials.gov, NCT05383482) of a three-drug combination therapy (afuresertib + sintilimab + chemotherapy) in patients with specific solid tumors who were resistant to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy at the West China Second Hospital of Sichuan University. This marks a key milestone on the first anniversary of the clinical research partnership established between Innovent and Laekna in July 2021.
The study is a multi-center, single-arm, open-label, dose-escalation Phase 1/2 clinical study, assessing recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D), safety, tolerability and anti-tumor activity of afuresertib in combination with sintilimab and chemotherapy (nab-paclitaxel or docetaxel) in patients with solid tumors who were resistant to prior anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy. The principal investigator of the study is Professor Lin Shen, Director of the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology of Beijing Cancer Hospital. The primary endpoints of the Phase 1 dose escalation study are maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and RP2D, and the primary endpoint of the Phase 2 study is overall response rate (ORR). The study is planned to be extended as a multi-regional clinical trial at the pivotal stage.
The clinical trial assesses five types of solid tumors, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), gastric cancer/gastroesophageal junction cancer (GC/GEJC), esophageal cancer (EsC), cervical cancer (CC) and endometrial cancer (EC). The study focuses on the AKT inhibitor, a potential new therapy for drug resistant-cancer, to address the unmet medical needs in cancer immunotherapy resistance and bring hope to solid tumor patients who have received prior anti-PD-1/PD-L1 treatments.
The combination therapy consists of Laekna's afuresertib (LAE002), a highly selective ATP competitive AKT inhibitor in pivotal clinical trials with favorable clinical efficacy and safety profile, and Innovent's PD-1 inhibitor sintilimab (TYVYT®), which has been approved for six indications in China with the first four included in the National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL).
The subject who received the first dose was a patient with cervical cancer. Professor Rutie Yin, investigator of the center where the first patient was dosed and Director of the Department of Chemoradiotherapy Oncology at the West China Second Hospital of Sichuan University, said, "Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer globally in women1. In 2020, China reported about 110,000 new cases and about 60,000 death cases of cervical cancer2. Patients are faced with limited treatment options and the prognosis is poor3,4. Immunotherapy plays an increasingly important role in the treatment of recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer, and there is huge unmet need. With the launch of new immunosuppressants, they've been applied to more patients and become essential for the treatment of cervical cancer. AKT inhibitor, a serine/threonine-specific protein kinase, is considered a potential new target for cancer treatment as results of multiple preclinical studies showed that inhibition of AKT could restore the sensitivity of cancer cells to anti-tumor therapies. We look forward to the progress of the clinical trial and hope it will bring new breakthroughs to the later-line treatment of cervical cancer in China."
Professor Lin Shen, principal investigator of the study, Director of the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology of from Beijing Cancer Hospital, stated, "Innovation never stops in oncology as we are always looking for new ways to treat cancer patients. Based on results from the preclinical and clinical studies, the combination of an immune checkpoint inhibitor, an AKT inhibitor and taxanes shows potential to be a new treatment option for patients who were resistant to immune checkpoint inhibitors5,6,7,8. The trial conducted by Laekna and Innovent aims to explore this innovative combination therapy and validate this new promising solution. There is a significant clinical need for patients with digestive system and gynecologic solid tumors in China; we hope to see that AKT-targeting therapy will prove to be an effective strategy to overcome drug resistance."
Dr. Hui Zhou, Senior Vice President of Innovent, stated, "With the increasing prescription of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in first-line settings in various tumor types, many patients developed ICI resistance or have poor response rates in clinical practice. It is of great clinical value to explore potential treatments for this huge unmet medical need. Sintilimab is the first PD-1 inhibitor in China with first-line indications for 5 major types of cancers. Innovent hopes to continue to develop the potential of high-quality drugs, in this case by combination therapy with Laekna's innovative AKT inhibitor. We look forward to the results of clinical trial to bring clinical benefits to patients with specific solid tumors."
Dr. Yong Yue, Chief Medical Officer of Laekna, said, "It took less than six months to complete the journey from IND approval to dosing of first patient, showing robust strategic execution of Laekna's global clinical team. There are three main considerations in selecting the five types of solid tumors: PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors have been approved as the standard-of-care treatments for those cancers in multiple countries; higher rates of biomarkers that activate the AKT pathway in patients with resistance to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy were observed in those cancers; and the incidence rates and death rates are relatively high in China. We hope this innovative three-drug combination therapy will benefit patients with these solid tumors."
About Afuresertib (LAE002)
Afuresertib (LAE002) is an investigational highly selective adenosine triphosphate (ATP) competitive AKT inhibitor.
Laekna in-licensed afuresertib from Novartis in 2018 and are conducting five combination therapy clinical trials for the treatment of ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, and PD-1/PD-L1-resistant solid tumors. Prior to Laekna's in-licensing agreement, over 10 clinical trials had been conducted to demonstrate the safety and efficacy profiles of afuresertib. In the Phase Ib study conducted by Novartis, afuresertib showed potential anti-tumor efficacy in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC) patients with an overall response rate (ORR) of 32.1% and progression-free survival (PFS) of 7.1 months9. In pre-clinical studies, afuresertib has demonstrated its ability to restore platinum/paclitaxel sensitivity in PROC cell lines. After the in-licensing agreement, Laekna also identified the therapeutic potential of combining afuresertib and LAE001 (an investigational potential first-in-class next-generation androgen synthesis inhibitor that simultaneously inhibits both CYP17A1 and CYP11B2) and observed their synergistic anti-tumor efficacy in our completed Phase 1 and ongoing Phase 2 studies in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients as second- to fourth-line treatments. According to Frost & Sullivan, afuresertib is one of the three AKT inhibitors worldwide that have entered pivotal clinical trials10.
About Sintilimab
Sintilimab, marketed as TYVYT® (sintilimab injection) in China, is a PD-1 immunoglobulin G4 monoclonal antibody jointly developed by Innovent and Eli Lilly and Company. Sintilimab is a type of immunoglobulin G4 monoclonal antibody, which binds to PD-1 molecules on the surface of T-cells, blocks the PD-1 / PD-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) pathway, and reactivates T-cells to kill cancer cells11. Innovent is currently conducting more than 20 clinical studies of sintilimab to evaluate its safety and efficacy in a wide variety of cancer indications, including more than 10 registrational or pivotal clinical trials.
In China, sintilimab has been approved for six indications as below, with the first four included in the National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL), including:
- The treatment of relapsed or refractory classic Hodgkin's lymphoma after two lines or later of systemic chemotherapy;
- In combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy, for the first-line treatment of non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer lacking EGFR or ALK driver mutations;
- In combination with gemcitabine and platinum chemotherapy, for the first-line treatment of squamous non-small cell lung cancer;
- In combination with BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection) for the first-line treatment of unresectable or advanced hepatocellular carcinoma;
- In combination with cisplatin plus paclitaxel or cisplatin plus 5-fluorouracil for the first-line treatment of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma;
- In combination with fluorouracil and platinum-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of unresectable, locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
Innovent currently has the regulatory submission for sintilimab in combination with bevacizumab biosimilar and chemotherapy for EGFR-mutated non-squamous NSCLC following EGFR-TKI treatment under review in the China's NMPA.
Additionally, two clinical studies of sintilimab have met their primary endpoints:
- Phase 2 study as second-line treatment of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma;
- Phase 3 study as second-line treatment for squamous NSCLC with disease progression following platinum-based chemotherapy.
About Innovent
Inspired by the spirit of "Start with Integrity, Succeed through Action," Innovent's mission is to develop, manufacture and commercialize high-quality biopharmaceutical products that are affordable to ordinary people. Established in 2011, Innovent is committed to developing, manufacturing and commercializing high-quality innovative medicines for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology and other major diseases. On October 31, 2018, Innovent was listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with the stock code: 01801.HK.
Since its inception, Innovent has developed a fully integrated multi-functional platform which includes R&D, CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls), clinical development and commercialization capabilities. Leveraging the platform, the company has built a robust pipeline of 32 valuable assets in the fields of cancer, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology and other major therapeutic areas, with 7 products approved for marketing in China – TYVYT® (sintilimab injection), BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection), SULINNO® (adalimumab biosimilar injection), HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection) , Pemazyre® (pemigatinib oral inhibitor) and olverembatinib (BCR-ABL TKI) and Cyramza® (ramucirumab) , 3 asset under NMPA NDA review, 3 assets in Phase 3 or pivotal clinical trials, and an additional 19 molecules in clinical studies.
Innovent has built an international team with advanced talent in high-end biological drug development and commercialization, including many global experts. The company has also entered into strategic collaborations with Eli Lilly and Company, Adimab, Incyte, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Hanmi and other international partners. Innovent strives to work with many collaborators to help advance China's biopharmaceutical industry, improve drug availability and enhance the quality of the patients' lives. For more information, please visit: www.innoventbio.com. and www.linkedin.com/company/innovent-biologics/.
Note:
Sintilimab is not an approved product in the United States.
BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection), HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection), and SULINNO® (adalimumab biosimilar injection) are not approved products in the United States.
TYVYT® (sintilimab injection, Innovent)
BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
SULINNO® (adalimumab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
Pemazyre® (pemigatinib oral inhibitor, Incyte Corporation). Pemazyre® was discovered by Incyte Corporation and licensed to Innovent for development and commercialization in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
CYRAMZA® (ramucirumab, Eli Lilly). Cyramza® was discovered by Eli Lilly and licensed to Innovent for commercialization in Mainland China.
About Laekna
Founded in 2016, Laekna is a clinical-stage biotechnology company, dedicated to bringing ground-breaking therapies to cancer and liver fibrosis patients worldwide.
Laekna has two potential core products: LAE002 is an investigational highly selective adenosine triphosphate (ATP) competitive AKT inhibitor for the treatment of ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer and PD-1/PD-L1 drug-resistant solid tumors. The other core product LAE001 is an investigational potential first-in-class next-generation androgen synthesis inhibitor that simultaneously inhibits both CYP17A1 and CYP11B2 for the treatment of prostate cancer.
Laekna's robust infrastructure has already enabled the rapid development of 14 innovative product candidates, including one pivotal clinical trial and another five clinical trials for it's potential core products. Among these six clinical trials, three multi-regional clinical trials (MRCTs) are designed to address urgent yet unmet global medical needs in the standard of care (SOC)-resistant cancers.
Laekna's internal drug discovery primarily focuses on coordinating the human immune system to treat cancer and liver fibrosis.
For more information, please visit: https://www.laekna.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/company/74110713/
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Jerry Ceppos, distinguished editor, educator, dies at age 75
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Jerry Ceppos, a distinguished news editor, executive and educator, whose career included leading Pulitzer Prize winning teams and two journalism schools, died Friday. He was 75.
The cause of death was sepsis brought on by a severe infection, according to an obituary approved by the family.
Ceppos rose to become the one-time vice president of news at Knight Ridder, one of the nation’s newspaper companies. Prior to that he worked at the San Jose Mercury News, serving as the paper’s managing editor, executive editor and senior vice president. The newspaper won two Pulitzer Prizes during his tenure.
He served as dean of the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada/Reno and as dean of the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University from 2011 to 2018. Under his leadership, the school launched the LSU Cold Case Project in which students work to solve unsolved civil rights murders. He moved to a full-time teaching role in 2018.
“A relentless supporter of democracy, ethics and diversity, Jerry was a titan in the field of journalism and mass communication education over the course of 50-plus years,” the Manship School of Mass Communication posted in a statement announcing his death.
In 2016, Ceppos was named a fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists, the society’s highest honor that recognizes “journalists who have made an extraordinary contribution to the profession.” He also won the organization’s Ethics in Journalism Award in 1997.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time of mega-mergers and flashy high-tech corporate hookups, the biggest U.S. book publisher’s plan to buy the fourth-largest for a mere $2.2 billion may seem somewhat quaint. But the deal represents such a key test for the Biden administration’s antitrust policy that the Justice Department is calling an out-of-the-ordinary witness to The Stand: author extraordinaire Stephen King.
In Penguin Random House’s proposed acquisition of rival Simon & Schuster, which would reduce the “Big Five” U.S. publishers to four, the administration is burnishing its antitrust mettle and its fight against corporate concentration.
The Justice Department has sued to block the merger. The trial opens Monday in federal court in Washington.
The government contends the merger would hurt authors and, ultimately, readers, if German media titan Bertelsmann is allowed to buy Simon & Schuster from U.S. media and entertainment company Paramount Global. It says the deal would thwart competition and give Penguin Random House gigantic influence over which books are published in the U.S., likely reducing how much authors are paid and giving consumers fewer books to choose from.
An appearance at some point by King, whose works are published by Simon & Schuster, will be a highly unusual for an antitrust trial and will draw wide attention.
The publishers are fighting the lawsuit. They counter that the merger would strengthen competition among publishers to find and sell the hottest books. It would benefit readers, booksellers and authors, they say.
A look at the case:
PUBLISHING HEAVYWEIGHTS:
The two New York-based publishers each have impressive stables of blockbuster authors who’ve sold multiple millions of copies and have scored multimillion-dollar deals. Within Penguin Random House’s constellation are Barack and Michelle Obama, whose package deal for their memoirs totaled an estimated $65 million, Bill Clinton (he received $15 million for his memoir), Toni Morrison, John Grisham and Dan Brown.
Simon & Schuster counts Hillary Clinton (she received $8 million for hers), Bob Woodward and Walter Isaacson.
And King. His post-apocalyptic novel “The Stand,” published in 1978, swirled around a deadly pandemic of weaponized influenza.
Bruce Springsteen split the difference: His “Renegades: Born in the USA,” with Barack Obama, was published by Penguin Random House; his memoir, by Simon & Schuster.
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THROWING THE BOOKS AT THEM
The Justice Department contends in its suit that as things now stand, No. 1 Penguin Random House and No. 4 Simon & Schuster (by total sales) compete fiercely to acquire the rights to publish the anticipated hottest-selling books. If they are allowed to merge, the combined company would control nearly 50% of the market for those books, it says, hurting competition by reducing advances paid to authors and diminishing output, creativity and diversity.
The Big Five — the other three are Hachette, HarperCollins and Macmillan — dominate U.S. publishing. They make up 90% of the market for anticipated top-selling books, the government’s court filing says. “The proposed merger would further increase consolidation in this concentrated industry, make the biggest player even bigger, and likely increase coordination in an industry with a history of coordination among the major publishers,” it says.
The Justice Department case reaches beyond the traditional antitrust concern of concentration raising prices for consumers, pointing to the impact on consumers’ choices and viewing authors as workers as well as sellers of products in the global marketplace of ideas. The notion is that fewer buyers (publishers) competing over the same talent pool reduces sellers’ (authors) bargaining power.
The case “potentially creates a precedent that could be used in the labor area,” says Rebecca Allensworth, an antitrust expert who is a law professor at Vanderbilt University.
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BIDEN’S COMPETITION CRUSADE
The Biden administration is staking out new ground on business concentration and competition, and the government’s case against the publishers’ mergers can be viewed as an important step.
President Joe Biden has made competition a pillar of his economic policy, denouncing what he calls the outsized market power of an array of industries and stressing the importance of robust competition to the economy, workers, consumers and small businesses. He has called on federal regulators, notably the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission, to give greater scrutiny to big business combinations.
Biden issued an executive order a year ago targeting what he labeled anticompetitive practices in tech, health care, agriculture and numerous other parts of the economy, laying down 72 actions and recommendations for federal agencies. Targets range from hearing aid prices to airline baggage fees.
Another trial on competition starting Monday in federal court: The Justice Department is suing to block UnitedHealth Group, which runs the biggest U.S. health insurer, from acquiring health-tech company Change Healthcare. The government contends the $13 billion deal would hurt competition and put too much health care claim information in the hands of one company.
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PUBLISHERS MAKE THEIR CASE
Hold on, Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster say as they prepare to enter trial: The merger would actually strengthen competition among publishers to find and sell the hottest books, by enabling the combined company to offer greater compensation to authors.
It would benefit readers, booksellers and authors, the publishers say, by creating a more efficient company that would bring lower prices for books. The government has failed to show harm to consumers as readers because the merger wouldn’t push up prices, the companies contend.
“The U.S. publishing industry is robust and highly competitive,” they say in their filing. “More readers are reading books than ever before, and the number grows every year. Publishers compete vigorously to reach those readers, and the only way they can compete effectively is to find, acquire and publish the books readers most want to read. … The merger at issue in this case will encourage even more competition and growth in the U.S. publishing industry.”
The companies reject the government’s central focus on the market for anticipated best-selling books — defined as those acquired for advances to authors of at least $250,000. They represent only a tiny sliver, about 2%, of all books published by commercial companies, according to the companies’ filing.
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OK. Let's do this:
Team Talk is moving to video because it will be cool to actually be able to use what Jurgen says. But TAW Live as an audio podcast and live video is moving to a permanent slot on Fridays at 4pm in order to always be after the press conference and also react to what Jurgen says. TAW Live will mostly be hosted by me but sometimes by John. An audio preview show called Pre-Match Warmup will come out earlier in the week hosted by Ian Ryan and I expect Ian will be ace; an issue that Team Talk on audio had was that it didn't have enough shelf life sometimes and we especially wanted that for the opposition supporter's voice.
Team Talk moving to video means that Friday Night on video will become Thursday Night and be able to do a teeny bit more looking back, especially on a Wednesday game.
Talking Reds will be only one day a week but will be every Wednesday and will be longer. It will either be looking back on Tuesday's game or looking ahead to Wednesday's.
I am not doing less audio; I just happened to have a bit of time off last week but popped in to do the Hotmic and the Post Match Pint because I am just such a team player.
Next week I will also be away for a couple of days but when everything settles down I will be hosting TAW, TAW Live, The Friday Show, at least half of the AFQs, Midnight Caller, TAW Unwrapped which we are eager to bring back and absolutely nail, some Sunday Bests, some Pinks, some Post Match Pints, most Thursday Nights. I am going to continue to guest on Review as with last season which I really enjoy and do Ten Topics Ten Minutes too. You are going to get more of me on things like Pre-Match Warmup, AFQ Football and Wildcards and Three Strikes as we're looking to streamline the recordings a bit more; we're doing what we can to get more Agony and Ban This Filth and things like it. Am always on the look out for a new format.
We're obviously going to miss Robbo in a number of ways but we're looking at more of Adam Melia, Ian Salmon, Neil Docking and Dan Austin this season (Adam did PMP last night) with Rob hosting Three Strikes when he gets back from his holiday, and we're giving people the chance to step up and do more stuff in general which has always been and will always be our way. We know people have favourites but we also are about giving chances and supporting especially, but not exclusively, younger people. I have favourites too; I'd personally like more Paddy Fitzsimons, Siobhan Biggane and, don't tell him, Ben Johnson, but people have other jobs and commitments and we also don't want people burned out. I'd also point out that, as examples, Paddy, Siobhan and Ben have all grown into being brilliant over time. My ideal is that everyone is left wanting more - you lot listening and them doing the shows. That's when we get the best work. | https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=279444.msg18437330 | 2022-08-01T01:14:07Z | https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=279444.msg18437330 | true |
Taking up residence inside the iconic King Power Mahanakhon, this urban retreat offers world-class design, retail and cultural programming anchored by dynamic food, drink, and after-dark offerings
BANGKOK, July 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Standard is delighted to announce the opening of The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon, its flagship in Asia and the latest addition to the King Power Group portfolio. The hotel will leverage the iconic building's architecture and energy and will bring the brand's signature mix of culture, design, entertainment and hospitality to the Thai capital. With 155 rooms and suites and a central location in downtown Bangkok, the property offers the perfect getaway to Old Town, where a wealth of cultural attractions and a dynamic art scene await. To reflect the unmistakable energy of the Thai capital, The Standard's "anything but standard" ethos is translated into exciting amenities, one-of-a-kind culinary programming at six food and beverage spaces, and meeting venues that break the mold.
Srettha Thavisin, Chairman of Standard International, revealed: "We are incredibly thrilled about the launch of The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon in Thailand. This iconic flagship hotel of The Standard represents an extraordinary phenomenon in the hospitality industry not only in Asia, but globally as well. We are confident that The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon will have huge success in delivering the ultimate hotel experience – unlike any other in Thailand."
At one with the city
To conceptualize the uber-social property, Spanish artist and designer Jaime Hayon and The Standard's award-winning in-house design team delved into the synergy between Bangkok's melting pot of cultures and free-form artistic exploration. The resulting spaces are fresh and intertwined with reinterpretations of cultural cues, such as Marco Brambilla's video monument to Hollywood dreams and excesses, in the lobby. Titled "Heaven's Gate", this provocative artwork is the first installment in the "Box" series, a concept inspired by the brand's first property in Hollywood that showcased an ever-changing roster of art installations.
A feast for the senses
With six distinctive dining, drinking and nightlife venues, The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon promises to shake things up in Bangkok's neighborhood on the up. The Standard Grill, a spirited American brasserie informed by the brand's celebrated original at The Standard, High Line in New York's Meatpacking District, seamlessly transitions from power breakfast to social hotspot at night. On the menu are all-day classics such as The Standard BKK Wagyu Burger with foie gras as well as beef tartare and whole carved ribs served table-side from custom-made wood and marble trolleys.
High up on the 76th floor, guests can experience one of Bangkok's most anticipated restaurant unveilings of the year – a collaboration with award-winning chef Francisco "Paco" Ruano. His Mexican-inspired restaurant Ojo draws on Bangkok's progressive outlook and the venue's whimsical design, referencing Mexico's ancient civilizations to deliver flavors never experienced in Thailand or the region, such as aguachile seasonal prawns and bone marrow tortillas, complemented by inventive cocktails and a thoughtful wine list. Bringing together Chef Paco's culinary prowess, panoramic views, creative beverage program and genre-bending décor, Ojo will sit proudly beside The Standard's legendary Boom Boom Room in New York City and London's star attraction Decimo as one of the world's best rooftop venues.
For 360-degree views from the 78th floor perch there is Sky Beach, Bangkok's highest rooftop bar mixing blissed-out ambiance, downtempo beats, a hard-hitting cocktail selection from one of Thailand's most celebrated mixologists and all-day froze. Guests can also enjoy award-winning Chinese cuisine at Mott 32 Bangkok's open-air terrace dotted with lush greenery. The famous apple wood roasted Peking duck is not to be missed, as are expertly curated cocktails and authentic Cantonese, Beijing and Szechuan cuisine. At Tease, a strikingly graphic, black and white bijoux tea room, the room overflows with whimsy and wonder. Guests can discover alcohol-infused brews, tasty savory and sweet treats such as Quail & Whiskey Party Pie, and Chocolate Praline, Mixed Berry Milkshakes found nowhere else in Bangkok, and a setting inspired by Vienna's grand cafes. The elegant Fuerstenberg-porzellan Chinaware completes this special experience.
For comfort food with a side of The Standard's cultural programming, guests can visit The Parlor. The menu offers authentic Thai cuisine, all day breakfast and cocktails like Honey Trap and Be Wild, created by "Milk" Thanaworachayakit, the hotel's beverage manager,. In addition to an eclectic playlist spotlighting local and global talent, curated by The Standard's music division, the hotel's relaxed social hub hosts talks and workshops, including astrology sessions, live performances, and themed bingo nights inspired by the fabled bingo sessions at The Standard, High Line.
Artful touches
Public spaces at the hotel immerse guests into the local community and introduce them to Bangkok's vibrant creative scene through the elements of fine art hidden in plain sight. A stunning and vibrant Marc Quinn, "Flood Plain of the Tributaries of the Orinocco", 2018, from King Power's private collection, enhances the color and personality at reception. Hidden in plain sight in the corridors leading to the elevator and The Parlor is a breathtaking, original, Joan Miro sculpture, entitled, "Personnage" (bronze sculpture at L4), 1976, also from the King Power collection. In the lobby they are greeted by a portrait of a couple, caught in an embrace, embedded in the floor. Overhead, locally handmade rattan lamps create an intricate canopy, while fine objects in the shop are the labor of love of local artists as well as The Standard and its collaborators. Chief Design Officer, Verena Haller and design team, hand-picked art, antiques and curiosities, creating their version of a shoppable flee market, enhancing both the custom designed and locally sourced furniture, creating meticulously designed and incredibly inviting spaces guests never want to leave.
The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon now introduces its opening offer "Bite into Bangkok". Offering guests staying between 29th July and 30th September 2022 the opportunity to experience Bangkok's most exciting restaurant concepts, the package comes with up to THB 5,000 hotel and dining credits per day, depending on the room category.
For more information on the hotel, guests can visit www.standardhotels.com/bangkok/properties/bangkok, call 02 085 8888, email stbkk@standardhotels.com or add us via LINE OA @TheStandardBangkok.
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About The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon:
Created in partnership with King Power Group and Standard International, The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon is The Standard's Asia flagship and a world-class global destination. Bangkok's spirit of innovation and unconventionality made Bangkok the perfect locale for The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon. Located in one of the most iconic buildings in Bangkok, the King Power Mahanakhon, the 155-room hotel is already a landmark. With rooms ranging from 40 sq. m. to 144 sq. m. penthouse, a terrace pool, gym and spa, meeting rooms and a variety of food, drink and nightlife venues, the hotel is a fit for any traveler, at any time of day or night. There's Parlor, the hub of the hotel for check-in and out, cocktails, work or lounging, the eclectic and unexpected Tea Room, American steakhouse classics at The Standard Grill, and award-winning Chinese cuisine by Mott 32, and two sky-high dining experience from Ojo a Mexican-inspired restaurant directed by one of the finest chefs in Mexico to Sky Beach the highest alfresco rooftop bar in Bangkok.
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Cat lovers can try cat-food inspired dishes at Fancy Feast's Italian pop-up
Cat food brand Fancy Feast is expanding into feline-inspired human cuisine, with a New York City Italian restaurant designed to celebrate the company's new line.
Gatto Bianco, which means "white cat," is described by Fancy Feast as an "Italian-style trattoria," and will be open for dinner reservations on Aug. 11-12 only, according to a news release from Purina, which produces Fancy Feast.
The human-friendly dishes were inspired by Fancy Feast's new "Medleys" cat food line, which features options like "Beef Ragú Recipe With Tomatoes & Pasta in a Savory Sauce" for the cat with discerning taste.
Only a lucky few will have the opportunity to try the Gatto Bianco pop-up, located between Manhattan's Far West Village and the Meatpacking District. The experience is limited to a total of 16 guests, who will each enjoy a complimentary tasting menu free of charge. The menu was designed by Fancy Feast's in-house chef, Amanda Hassner, and New York restaurateur Cesare Casella, Purina noted.
"Food has the power to connect us to others in meaningful ways and take us to places we have never been," said Hassner in Purina's release. "The same is true for our cats. The dishes at Gatto Bianco are prepared in ways that help cat owners understand how their cats experience food -- from flavor, to texture, to form -- in a way that only Fancy Feast can."
Video above: Couple's cat figurine mewseum in home has more than 7,000 pieces
This isn't Fancy Feast's first foray into human dining. In 2021, the company released a cookbook with recipes cat lovers can make to pair with their cat's food.
For those who can't get their paws on a reservation, the company will post the recipes on its website. | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/cat-lovers-can-try-cat-food-inspired-dishes-at-fancy-feasts-italian-pop-up/40764538 | 2022-08-01T01:17:11Z | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/cat-lovers-can-try-cat-food-inspired-dishes-at-fancy-feasts-italian-pop-up/40764538 | false |
[Trump/Russia/GOPgate] sock puppet org busted
By PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/30/2022 - 6:14am |Previous 5-month long thread here:
http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/barr-trumps-soiled-reputations-35202
New charges may signal a more expansive effort to weed out Russian sockpuppet orgs for influencing elections & public opinion, right and left. ["failure to register as a foreign agent"]
13 Russians charged by Mueller in absentia 4 years ago, but this one seems to point higher up the RU food chain plus charges Americans as well.
The presence of investigation in Tampa (thoselcharging Black Hammer ATL as well) instead of SDNY may also signal a broader effort or different regional approach (good morning, Mr. DeSantis - nice hotbed of dissent you got there, would be a shame to see it go belly up)
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Twitter has made the WaPo Gaetz hot mike story a 'news event'
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Hot mic captured Gaetz assuring Stone of pardon, discussing Mueller redactions
As Roger Stone prepared to stand trial in 2019, complaining he was under pressure from federal prosecutors to incriminate Donald Trump, a close ally of the president repeatedly assured Stone that “the boss” would likely grant him clemency if he were convicted, a recording shows. At an event at a Trump property that October, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) predicted that Stone would be found guilty at his trial in Washington the following month but would not “do a day” in prison. Gaetz was apparently unaware they were being recorded by documentary filmmakers following Stone.
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/30/2022 - 3:10pm
Mho this is VERY well framed:
He always cared more about 'ratings' than real governing, but has now totally gone over to a fantasy land presidential campaign. For him this is now all about winning the most 'fans' and admirers on the right, not about having the job of president. While the fight about the presidency is currently still useful, he doesn't necessarily need that, he can turn around and use an alternative, like, say, representing the worst case scenario of the Deep State coming after you, the ultimate victim, but he is the one superhero savior who can fight back. It always comes down to 'ratings' for this man, it was never simply about politics.
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/30/2022 - 2:47pm
P.S. consider this: when push comes to shove, he may realize that he really doesn't want the job of president as he once deluded himself that he did. Look at how he despised all those minions who pestered him with actual presidential duties and how he paid no real attention to what his cabinet secretaries were doing, caring only if they reflected well on him. Look at how he spent 1/6, shut up in his dining room, enthralled watching his fans fight for him on the teevee and loathe to deal with it in any real way! Look at him trying to record that video and Ivanka struggling with getting him to use certain words. He is not so much thinking 'coup tactics" all he really cares about is not discouraging the fans from continuing to fight for him. He even uses the famous celeb words to fans "we love you"
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/30/2022 - 3:02pm
Sometimes Seth Abramson surprises with his understanding of pop culture (even tho he usually comes off like Joe Friday on 'Dragnet');
this guy's got the reality
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By JIMMY GOLEN
BOSTON (AP) — Bill Russell redefined how basketball is played, and then he changed the way sports are viewed in a racially divided country.
The most prolific winner in NBA history, Russell marched with Martin Luther King Jr., stood with Muhammad Ali and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. The centerpiece of the Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years, Russell earned his last two NBA titles as a player-coach — the first Black coach in any major U.S. sport.
Russell died Sunday at the age of 88, with his wife, Jeannine, at his side, his family said in a statement posted on social media. No cause of death was immediately available; Russell, who had been living in the Seattle area, was not well enough to present the NBA Finals MVP trophy in June due to a long illness.
“We hope each of us can find a new way to act or speak up with Bill’s uncompromising, dignified and always constructive commitment to principle,” the family said. “That would be one last, and lasting, win for our beloved #6.”
A Hall of Famer, five-time Most Valuable Player and 12-time All-Star, Russell in 1980 was voted the greatest player in the NBA history by basketball writers. He remains the sport’s most decorated champion — he also won two college titles and an Olympic gold medal — and an archetype of selflessness who won with defense and rebounding while others racked up gaudy scoring totals.
Often, that meant Wilt Chamberlain, the only worthy rival of Russell’s era and his prime competition for rebounds, MVP trophies and barroom arguments about who was better. Chamberlain, who died in 1999 at 63, had twice as many points, four MVP trophies of his own and is the only person in league history to grab more rebounds than Russell — 23,924 to 21,620.
But Russell dominated in the only stat he cared about: 11 championships to two.
“Bill Russell was the greatest champion in all of team sports,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. More importantly, he added: “Bill stood for something much bigger than sports: the values of equality, respect and inclusion that he stamped into the DNA of our league.”
In a statement released by the White House, President Joe Biden praised Russell for his lifelong work in civil right as well as in sports, and called him “a towering champion for freedom, equality, and justice.”
“Bill Russell is one of the greatest athletes in our history – an all-time champion of champions, and a good man and great American who did everything he could to deliver the promise of America for all Americans,” Biden said.
Reaction poured in Sunday, from Obama to Michael Jordan, from Magic Johnson to Boston’s Mayor, Michelle Wu.
“Today, we lost a giant,” Obama said. “As tall as Bill Russell stood, his legacy rises far higher — both as a player and as a person. Perhaps more than anyone else, Bill knew what it took to win and what it took to lead.”
A Louisiana native, Russell also left a lasting mark as a Black athlete in a city — and country — where race is often a flash point. He was at the March on Washington in 1963, when King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, and he backed Ali when the boxer was pilloried for refusing induction into the military draft.
In 2011, Obama awarded Russell the Medal of Freedom alongside Congressman John Lewis, billionaire investor Warren Buffett, then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel and baseball great Stan Musial.
“To be the greatest champion in your sport, to revolutionize the way the game is played, and to be a societal leader all at once seems unthinkable,” the Celtics said on Sunday. “But that is who Bill Russell was.”
Russell said that when he was growing up in the segregated South and later California his parents instilled in him the calm confidence that allowed him to brush off racist taunts.
“Years later, people asked me what I had to go through,” Russell said in 2008. “Unfortunately, or fortunately, I’ve never been through anything. From my first moment of being alive was the notion that my mother and father loved me.” It was Russell’s mother who would tell him to disregard comments from those who might see him playing in the yard.
“Whatever they say, good or bad, they don’t know you,” he recalled her saying. “They’re wrestling with their own demons.”
But it was Jackie Robinson who gave Russell a road map for dealing with racism in his sport: “Jackie was a hero to us. He always conducted himself as a man. He showed me the way to be a man in professional sports.”
The feeling was mutual, Russell learned, when Robinson’s widow, Rachel, called and asked him to be a pallbearer at her husband’s funeral in 1972.
“She hung the phone up and I asked myself, ‘How do you get to be a hero to Jackie Robinson?’” Russell said. “I was so flattered.”
William Felton Russell was born on Feb. 12, 1934, in Monroe, Louisiana. He was a child when his family moved to the West Coast, and he went to high school in Oakland, California, and then the University of San Francisco. He led the Dons to NCAA championships in 1955 and 1956 and won a gold medal in 1956 at the Melbourne Olympics in Australia.
Celtics coach and general manager Red Auerbach so coveted Russell that he worked out a trade with the St. Louis Hawks for the second pick in the draft. He promised the Rochester Royals, who owned the No. 1 pick, a lucrative visit by the Ice Capades, which were also run by Celtics owner Walter Brown.
Still, Russell arrived in Boston to complaints that he wasn’t that good. “People said it was a wasted draft choice, wasted money,” he recalled. “They said, ‘He’s no good. All he can do is block shots and rebound.’ And Red said, ‘That’s enough.’”
The Celtics also picked up Tommy Heinsohn and K.C. Jones, Russell’s college teammate, in the same draft. Although Russell joined the team late because he was leading the U.S. to the Olympic gold, Boston finished the regular season with the league’s best record.
The Celtics won the NBA championship — their first of 17 — in a double-overtime seventh game against Bob Pettit’s St. Louis Hawks. Russell won his first MVP award the next season, but the Hawks won the title in a finals rematch. The Celtics won it all again in 1959, starting an unprecedented string of eight consecutive NBA crowns.
A 6-foot-10 center, Russell never averaged more than 18.9 points during his 13 seasons, each year producing more rebounds than points. For 10 seasons he averaged more than 20 rebounds. He once had 51 rebounds in a game; Chamberlain holds the record with 55.
Auerbach retired after winning the 1966 title, and Russell became the player-coach — the first Black head coach in NBA history, and almost a decade before Frank Robinson took over Cleveland in baseball’s American League. Boston’s title streak ended with a loss to Chamberlain and the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Division finals.
Russell led the Celtics back to titles in 1968 and ’69, each time winning seven-game playoff series against Chamberlain. Russell retired after the ’69 finals, returning for a relatively successful — but unfulfilling — four-year stint as coach and GM of the Seattle SuperSonics and a less fruitful half season as coach of the Sacramento Kings.
Russell’s No. 6 jersey was retired by the Celtics in 1972. He earned spots on the NBA’s 25th anniversary all-time team in 1970, 35th anniversary team in 1980 and 75th anniversary team. In 1996, he was hailed as one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players.
In 2009, the MVP trophy of the NBA Finals was named in his honor. (Russell never won the honor, because it was awarded for the first time in 1969.) He presented his namesake trophy for many years, the last in 2019 to Kawhi Leonard; Russell was not there in 2020 because of the NBA bubble nor in 2021 due to COVID-19 concerns.
In 2013, a statue was unveiled on Boston’s City Hall Plaza of Russell surrounded by blocks of granite with quotes on leadership and character. Russell was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1975 but did not attend the ceremony, saying he should not have been the first African American elected. (Chuck Cooper, the NBA’s first Black player, was his choice.)
In 2019, Russell accepted his Hall of Fame ring in a private gathering.
“I felt others before me should have had that honor,” he tweeted. “Good to see progress.”
But to Jordan, Russell stood alone.
“Bill Russell was a pioneer — as a player, as a champion, as the NBA’s first Black head coach and as an activist,” the former Chicago Bulls star and current Charlotte Hornets majority owner said. “He paved the way and set an example for every Black player who came into the league after him, including me. The world has lost a legend.”
Russell’s family said arrangements for the memorial service will be announced in the coming days.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country Music Hall of Famer and Grammy winner Barbara Mandrell retired from music more than two decades ago, but the Grand Ole Opry still feels like home to her.
Mandrell, 73, made a rare public appearance on Saturday night at the Opry to celebrate her 50th anniversary of being an Opry member.
“Here we are at home again,” Mandrell told The Associated Press in an interview backstage at the Opry House before the long-running radio and TV program. “50 years. Not everybody gets that blessing.”
Born in Texas and raised in California, Mandrell was just 23 when she became a member in July of 1972. But she was already a seasoned entertainer by the time she came to Nashville, after her teenage years were spent playing steel guitar and appearing regularly on the California-based country TV show “Town Hall Party.”
Over her decades-long career, the actor, multi-instrumentalist and singer turned millions of fans onto country music in the ‘70s and ’80s, not only through her popular TV show “Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters,” but also through hits like “Sleeping Single in a Double Bed,” “If Loving You is Wrong (I Don’t Want to be Right)” and “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool.”
She became the first country artist to earn back-to-back entertainer of the year awards from the Country Music Association, crossing over with R&B covers and bringing glamour and showmanship to the genre. Her performances were a showcase of her musicality, whether she was singing to the top of the rafters, playing pedal steel, the banjo or the saxophone.
“It’s called show business. You need to show them something,” Mandrell said. “Otherwise, they could sit at home and listen to your recordings or listen to you on the radio. You’ve got to give them something that entertains them.”
With her sisters Louise and Irlene, Mandrell used the power of television to bring new ears to country music, as well as gospel music. Her musical guests were a mixture of R&B, pop and country artists.
“So many would say things like, ‘I never listened to country music, but now, boy, I’m watching every Saturday night and I love it,’” Mandrell said.
This Saturday night, Mandrell was still a champion of country music. Before the show began, Mandrell watched Carrie Underwood from side stage as Underwood did her soundcheck of “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool,” stopping to give her a hug and greeting Underwood’s band members.
Underwood said growing up, Mandrell’s voice was always around.
“She has been such an inspiration to me and so many others that stand on the shoulders of great female artists like her,” Underwood told the Opry crowd.
During the Opry show, Mandrell enthusiastically applauded the all-female artist lineup, including CeCe Winans, Linda Davis and Suzy Bogguss, as they performed her hits.
“I already feel on top of the world. I feel the deepest of gratitude and excitement because I am such a huge fan of these ladies,” said Mandrell.
From her seat in the middle of the crowd, Mandrell waved and blew kisses at her fans, who snapped photos of the country star.
Mandrell hasn’t played music or sung — other than in church — since she retired in 1997. Her last concert ever was held at the Opry House and made into TV special called, “Barbara Mandrell and the Do-Rites: The Last Dance.”
Dressed smartly in a hot pink pantsuit and surrounded on stage by 50 dozen lavender-colored roses bought by her fans, Mandrell gave another goodbye from the same Opry stage 25 years later.
“I chose my home to do my final performance on and it was this one,” Mandrell said. “God bless you!” she told fans before she walked off stage into the shadows.
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Cristiano Ronaldo insisted he was “happy to be back” playing for Manchester United after he appeared for 45 minutes in the 1-1 friendly draw against Rayo Vallecano.
Ronaldo missed United’s pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia due to family reasons amid reports he wants to quit the club, but he reported to the training ground earlier this week to discuss his future with new boss Erik ten Hag.
The 37-year-old played 45 minutes against the La Liga side – his first United appearance since their 4-0 horror defeat at Brighton last season – before being withdrawn at half-time in a pre-planned move.
He later posted on social media a picture of him playing in the game with the caption: “Happy to be back!”
United completed their pre-season preparations with a draw as Ronaldo’s replacement Amad Diallo’s 48th-minute strike was cancelled out by Alvaro Garcia Rivera.
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Ramps up for Further Southeast Asia Expansion Following Partnership with Industry Leader Luen Thai and Launch of State-of-the-Art NTX™ Cooltrans™ Facility in Cambodia
SHANGHAI and SINGAPORE, July 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NTX™, a global textile technology leader, announced the completion of nearly 200 million US dollars in a C2 round of financing led by Centurium Capital, with additional contributions from existing shareholder NRL Capital. Index Capital served as the exclusive financial advisor. The funds will be used to fund operational needs to meet the rapidly rising demand of the expanding customer base.
The funding was secured after the company successfully became a preferred supplier to global international brands such as Adidas. The company also demonstrated continued expansion of its textile manufacturing ecosystem developed around the waterless coloration technology - NTX™ Cooltrans™.
Gary Liu, Managing Director of Centurium Capital, commented: "Through its proprietary dyeing technology, NTX™ brought about revolutionary innovation to the global textile supply chain, effectively solving the long-standing pain points of traditional textile manufacturing of high water and energy consumption and pollution. In addition, NTX adds significant value to the industry by helping improve their production efficiency and service capabilities. With ESG as an integral part of our 'invest to transform' investment thesis, we look forward to a long-term partnership with NTX to make positive contributions to the sustainable development of the global textile supply chain. "
NTX™ has revolutionized the textile industry by introducing NTX™ Cooltrans™, a breakthrough waterless dyeing & printing system that delivers up to 90% in water savings, alongside dramatic reduction in energy usage and virtual elimination of water waste. With NTX™ Cooltrans™ as a foundation, the company has established a Southeast Asia-based ecosystem of textile processing plants to become the next generation sustainable eco- friendly supply chain partner for some of the world's biggest fashion and apparel brands.
NTX™ functions as a complete environmentally friendly textile processing solution provider by putting in place best practices, technical expertise, staff training, raw material sourcing and market opportunities across its ecosystem.
Kalvin Chung, Chairman and Co-founder of NTX™, commented, "We welcome the latest round of funding and we're excited about the future of NTX™. Over the years we've seen NTX™ Cooltrans™ mature into a solution that satisfies and exceeds the requirements of some of the most demanding global brands in the marketplace. Just as important, has been the development of our business models that today give us a clear path to scale up NTX™ into a global supply chain solution provider."
The funding is especially pertinent as the textile industry has recently seen a slew of announcements regarding green initiatives across the globe. Some of the key initiatives include:
- The European Commission's EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles that includes textile waste legislation which will take effect by 2025.
- The Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action updated in 2021 features ambitious goals of dramatically scaling down greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and includes signatories such as Adidas, Nike, Gap and countless other global brands.
- A host of initiatives have also arisen in South East Asian countries exemplified by Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) setting a 2030 goal of reducing energy consumption by 15% and water consumption by 20%.
In aggregate, all of these initiatives have set a stage for textile businesses that either completely re-engineer their processes with green solutions or become obsolete in terms of global competitiveness.
NTX™ Expands Presence in Southeast Asian Market via Partnership with Global Textile Manufacturing Leader Luen Thai
In recent years, the Southeast Asian market has seen tremendous growth as it continues to establish itself as a global supplier of manufactured goods. Most striking examples are the record growth of exports in Vietnam by 48.2% in March of this year contributing to Vietnam's total exports for the quarter equaling US$88.58 billion. Other Southeast Asian countries have also risen one after another, and they are expecting to accelerate development even further boosted by the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The free trade agreement is set to further strengthen business ties across Asia and positions the Southeast Asian members including Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, and Cambodia - countries with NTX™ presence - to serve as ideal supply chain bases for global clothing and apparel markets.
In response to this trend, NTX™ has doubled down on establishing a strong presence in Southeast Asia where a textile production cluster continues to blossom and attract the right talent and support systems to service global demand. Its most recent joint venture with Luen Thai under the name Luentech Textiles Solutions (LTS) has already resulted in a new state-of-the-art NTX™ Cooltrans™ facility to expand production capacity and satisfy growing demand for green textile supply chain partners. The facility is the first of its kind to be designed entirely around the newest iteration of its waterless coloration technology. The launch of the new plant also aligns with the Kingdom of Cambodia's drive to diversify and modernize its textile industry.
Every aspect of the new facility was designed around NTX™ Cooltrans™, meaning it incorporates all the sustainable eco-friendly factors that the solution provides. NTX™ Cooltrans™ integrates pre and post treatment processes delivering significant savings in energy consumption. The up to 90% reduction in water use is an especially meaningful aspect of NTX™ Cooltrans™. Cambodia is working hard on improving the environmental impact of its manufacturing sector. The significantly reduced water consumption of NTX™ Cooltrans™ waterless technology means that these facilities can operate in environments where water comes at a premium.
NTX™ is focused on a long term strategy of transforming the South East Asian textile industry into a high technology focused hub. Plants and mills that form the NTX™ ecosystem are fast becoming renowned as operations that are exemplary for eco-friendly practices, sustainability, and respectful employee working conditions. This is in line with the vision NTX™ has set at its inception and it is perfectly aligned with the requirements that are increasingly in demand by global brands operating in the European Union, the United States and Asia-Pacific regions.
NTX™ Solution Addresses Key Issues with the Printing and Dyeing Phase of Textile Production
The printing and dyeing phase of textile manufacturing is the bottleneck of the global textile and apparel supply chain. Companies that provide these services are under extreme pressure to deliver in a timely manner the endless designs that are requested by the big international apparel brands. The slightest change in design, material, or finish require an overhaul of the production process causing delays, issues with output quality or consistency. Traditional systems consist of non-standardized production processes that rely heavily on skilled labor often working under agonizing and unsafe conditions. It's a system that depends on having excessive amounts of ready to use inventory of raw materials, generates excessive waste, and requires large capitalization. Furthermore, according to a European Parliament led study the textile industry is responsible for 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, while a study from International Labor Organization found that up to 36% of those emissions came from the dyeing, printing and finishing steps in the process. In short, dyeing and printing is ripe for technological disruption due its technical shortcomings and environmental impact. NTX™and its waterless coloration technology NTX™ Cooltrans™ provides a proven path forward.
NTX™ Cooltrans™ technology and the corresponding production ecosystem addresses all of these issues. It can execute designs precisely and consistently across all materials, within its ecosystem facilities. This eliminates waste generated by quality and consistency issues. It also makes the system agile and able to scale up or down capacity across the plants. The efficiency improvements of NTX™ Cooltrans™ can result in a shortened delivery cycle of finished products by 30 to 50%. NTX™ Cooltrans™ is both accurate & precise at dye transfer and color fixation, which lead to substantial energy and water savings. The state- of-the-art machinery requires less labor and provides safe, ergonomic working conditions. It is a prime example of the technologies necessary to implement environmental protection strategies arising across the globe.
NTX™ Management Team has the Experience, Industry Expertise, and Global Scope to Elevate NTX™ to new Global Leadership Heights
The management team of NTX™ has a rich background in the textile industry complemented by experience in the world's top 500 enterprises.
- Chairman Kalvin Chung is the core technical soul of the company, developing revolutionary and innovative cold transfer printing and dyeing technologies, while guiding the R&D direction for the group.
- The General Manager of Strategic Development Center, Allen Lai, has developed the textile business in the Asia-Pacific region of the Bayer Group and is now responsible for supply chain development and joint venture planning.
- Ryosuke Chono, head of business development for casual wear brands, is a former executive of Japan's Toray Group.
- David Yeh, head of Thailand's LP Group, is the current CEO of NTSG.
- Peter Decorte, Puma's former Sr. Production Head in Asia, and also former CEO of Tong Siang Textiles, is responsible for the global brand fabric supply chain operations.
- Jeffrey Hsu, Chief Innovation & Marketing Officer, has worked with well-known textile enterprises across Europe, the United States, and Asia. He is responsible for the development, marketing and sales of the group's innovative material applications with global apparel brands.
The leadership team has a proven track record of innovation and business development. NTX™ has already obtained over 100 patents for NTX™ Cooltrans™. It has established valuable partnerships and built up a next generation supply chain ecosystem that is ready for the requirements of the decades to come.
Bolstered by the revolutionary breakthrough in printing and dyeing technology, NTX™ became an Adidas certified supplier and established a global supply chain of apparel fabrics for several international brands. NTX™ continues to establish cooperation with a number of leading textile and garment enterprises, and provides services for dozens of leading international clothing brands. As the world of textile production evolves and new environmental requirements, resource and energy use constraints, and business practice demands are revealed, NTX™ has shown to have a comprehensive leading edge to meet the challenges ahead.
About NTX™
NTX™ is committed to creating revolutionary textile solutions through continuous research and innovation that are ecologically and economically sustainable. We are driven to achieve a zero-waste benchmark by conserving energy, reducing and eliminating water use, while never compromising performance or functionality. Our automated and modularizable system solutions allow for local-to-local production, further shortening lead times and cutting down on transportation emissions. Cost is often the unmentionable C word for sustainability, NTX™ believes that sustainability and economics must go hand-in-hand to materialize clean eco-conscious solutions into reality. For more information on NTX™, please visit www.ntx.global
About Centurium Capital
Centurium Capital is a leading private equity investment firm in China and primarily focuses on investing in China's healthcare, technology, consumer and business services sectors. As a transformational capital provider with a focus on business model innovation and resolving structural deficiencies to unlock growth potential, Centurium pursues a hands-on and operations-centric investment approach to drive value creation and generate long term shareholder value. For more information on Centurium Capital, please visit www.centurium.com
About Luen Thai
Sustainable shared success through reinvention drives Luen Thai and makes it an eXtraOrdinary Company. We are a global leader in apparel and accessories manufacturing and in sustainable fashion technology. We are committed to give the best care to our people, communities, and the environment in all our locations. Luen Thai believes that cooperation resulting from working towards sustainable shared success with our stakeholders: shareholders, customers, suppliers, employees, and local communities, will create more positive and lasting benefits to end-consumers, the industry, and the world. At the forefront of our reinvention are quality, speed, flexibility, sustainability, and cost.
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BEIJNG (AP) — The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, confirmed Sunday she will visit four Asian countries this week but made no mention of a possible stop in Taiwan that has fueled tension with Beijing, which claims the island democracy as its own territory.
Pelosi said in a statement she is leading a congressional delegation to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan to discuss trade, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, security and “democratic governance.”
Pelosi has yet to confirm news reports that she might visit Taiwan. Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against meddling in Beijing’s dealings with the island in a phone call Thursday with his American counterpart, Joe Biden.
Beijing sees official American contact with Taiwan as encouragement to make its decades-old de facto independence permanent, a step U.S. leaders say they don’t support. Pelosi, head of one of three branches of the U.S. government, would be the highest-ranking elected American official to visit Taiwan since then-Speaker Newt Gingrich in 1997.
The Biden administration didn’t explicitly urge Pelosi to avoid Taiwan but tried to assure Beijing there was no reason to “come to blows” and that if such a visit occurred, it would signal no change in U.S. policy.
“Under the strong leadership of President Biden, America is firmly committed to smart, strategic engagement in the region, understanding that a free and flourishing Indo-Pacific is crucial to prosperity in our nation and around the globe,” Pelosi’s statement said.
Taiwan and China split in 1949 after the communists won a civil war on the mainland. Both sides say they are one country but disagree over which government is entitled to national leadership. They have no official relations but are linked by billions of dollars of trade and investment.
The United States switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979, but maintains informal relations with the island. Washington is obligated by federal law to see that Taiwan has the means to defend itself.
Washington’s “One China policy” says it takes no position on the status of the two sides but wants their dispute resolved peacefully. Beijing promotes an alternative “One China principle” that says they are one country and the Communist Party is its leader.
Members of Congress publicly backed Pelosi’s interest in visiting Taiwan despite Chinese opposition. They want to avoid being seen as yielding to Beijing.
Beijing has given no details of how it might react if Pelosi goes to Taiwan, but the Ministry of Defense warned last week the military would take “strong measures to thwart any external interference.” The foreign ministry said, “those who play with fire will perish by it.”
The ruling party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army, has flown growing numbers of fighter planes and bombers around Taiwan to intimidate the island.
“The Air Force’s multi-type fighter jets fly around the treasured island of the motherland, tempering and enhancing the ability to maintain national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” military spokesman Col. Shen Jinke said on Sunday, referring to Taiwan.
Pelosi said her delegation includes U.S. Reps. Gregory Meeks, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Mark Takano, chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs; Suzan DelBene, vice chair of the House Ways and Means Committee; Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and chair of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Andy Kim, a member of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees.
A visit to Taiwan would be a career capstone for Pelosi, who increasingly uses her position in Congress as a U.S. emissary on the global stage. She has long challenged China on human rights and wanted to visit Taiwan earlier this year.
In 1991, as a new member of Congress, Pelosi irked Chinese authorities by unfurling a banner on Tiananmen Square in central Beijing commemorating those killed when the Communist Party crushed pro-democracy protests two years earlier.
“It’s important for us to show support for Taiwan,” Pelosi, a Democrat from California, told reporters this month.
But she had made clear she was not advocating U.S. policy changes.
“None of us has ever said we’re for independence, when it comes to Taiwan,” she said. “That’s up to Taiwan to decide.”
On Friday, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tried to tamp down concerns.
“There’s no reason for it to come to that, to come to blows,” Kirby said at the White House. “There’s no reason for that because there’s been no change in American policy with respect to One China.”
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
749 PM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of the Panhandle of Texas, including the
following county, Hemphill.
* WHEN...Until 1145 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 749 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of
rain have fallen.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Southeastern Hemphill County
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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Adam Peaty admitted his shock defeat in the men’s 100 metres breaststroke final was “heartbreaking” after he finished outside the medal positions as James Wilby claimed Commonwealth Games gold.
Peaty is the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder in his favoured event, where he had not lost in eight years and never before in a major final in a career of unprecedented dominance.
There were minor concerns of rustiness after two months on the sidelines following a broken foot, which ruled him out of the World Championships, but he unsurprisingly held the halfway lead in Birmingham.
But he struggled for momentum and was reeled in by English compatriot Wilby, who was first to touch the wall in 59.25 seconds at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, just over an hour’s drive from where Peaty grew up in Uttoxeter.
Zac Stubblety-Cook was second in 59.52secs and fellow Australian Sam Williamson third in 59.82s, 0.04 ahead of fourth-placed Peaty, the champion at Glasgow 2014 and on the Gold Coast in 2018 who was unable to put his finger on a time that was just under three seconds below his personal best of 56.88s.
“It’s heartbreaking,” said Peaty, who hinted he will not be at next month’s European Championships.
“I don’t see the point in doing something I wouldn’t do that well at, at the moment. We’ll see.
“I don’t know what went wrong. With 25m to go I had nothing in the tank. Maybe that’s overexposure on the foot. Sometimes you just have a bad race, I can’t pinpoint where I went wrong. There’s a lot of debriefing to do. I need a full reset now.
“It was a slow final, I can’t remember the last time I went that slow. It just didn’t go right. Of course I’m disappointed, but that’s what makes you go faster next time.
“I’ve kind of lost that spark, whether it’s with my foot, but I’ll be looking to find that over the next months and into the next two years (before the 2024 Olympics in Paris).”
While Peaty missed out, England still capped a memorable day on the sporting front with top spot on the podium in the event as Wilby went one better than four years ago in Australia.
Wilby has for so long been in Peaty’s shadow and admitted, after winning 200m silver earlier this week, that he contemplated his swimming future following last year’s Olympics, where he won a relay medal but finished outside the podium positions in the individual event.
Asked whether this was the best moment of his career, Wilby said: “It is certainly up there as a special moment that I’ll remember forever.
“It just sums up to me enjoyment and having that fun back in the sport is everything. We’ve all seen faster times than that, but I’m loving it and that’s got me to the top of the podium this time.
“Everything else doesn’t matter. I’m always going to have that medal, I’m always going to love looking at it and remembering the moments that brought it here.”
Wilby is certain Peaty will bounce back, adding: “He’s the fastest breaststroker in the world and you can’t take that away from him. This moment, I was getting that little edge on him and I’m sure he’ll be kicking me in the a** later in the swimming calendar.”
Alice Tai was another English gold medallist on Sunday night, prevailing in the women’s 100m backstroke S8 final, just a few months after having her right leg amputated below the knee.
“It’s a bit surreal,” she said after coming home in a time of 1min 13.64s, with Wales’ Lily Rice finishing third.
“I started and ended last season with surgery, pulled out of Tokyo, then had an amputation in January. I’ve been learning to walk this year and getting back in the pool was just a bit of fun as I missed swimming.”
James Guy picked up bronze in the men’s 200m butterfly final, where Chad le Clos’ silver took him to 18 Commonwealth Games medals, equalling the overall record held by shooting pair Michael Gault and Phil Adams.
Wales’ Medi Harris was a bronze medallist in the women’s 100m backstroke, while the quartet of Freya Colbert, Tamryn van Selm, Abbie Wood and Freya Anderson also finished third in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay final. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3549211/adam-peaty-heartbroken-after-shock-defeat-in-100m-breaststroke-final/ | 2022-08-01T01:39:44Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3549211/adam-peaty-heartbroken-after-shock-defeat-in-100m-breaststroke-final/ | true |
WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
749 PM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of the Panhandle of Texas, including the
following county, Hemphill.
* WHEN...Until 1145 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 749 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of
rain have fallen.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Southeastern Hemphill County
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Henrik Stenson’s decision that cost him the European Ryder Cup captaincy paid large and immediate dividends Sunday when he won the LIV Golf Invitational at Bedminster and picked up more than $4 million for three days’ work.
Staked to a three-shot lead going into the third and final round at Trump National, Stenson opened with a 20-foot birdie putt and never led anyone closer than two shots the rest of the way.
He closed with a 2-under 69 for a two-shot victory over Matthew Wolf (64) and Dustin Johnson, who birdied the last hole for a 68.
Stenson, five years removed from beating a field of more than 20 players, picked up $4 million for winning and an additional $375,000 for his team finishing second.
The big payoff — not including a signing bonus reported to be about $50 million — comes less than two weeks after he 46-year-old Swede decided to join the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series.
Stenson had pledged full support to the European tour when he became Ryder Cup captain and March, and the tour stripped him of the job four months later when he changed his mind.
“I guess we can agree I played like a captain,” Stenson said on the LIV Golf telecast.
He finished at 11-under 202.
Asked by the LIV-paid broadcaster if he felt validated by the win, Stenson chose not to engage and replied, “It’s been a good first week.”
“It’s been a busy 10 days. I’m extremely proud I managed to focus as well as I did,” he said.
Stenson won the Hero World Challenge in December 2019 in the Bahamas, the holiday event hosted by Tiger Woods with a 20-man field. Before that, he won the Wyndham Championship in 2017. And while he felt pressure in the final hour, it didn’t always look like it.
Stenson poured in an 8-foot birdie putt on the 14th that gave him a three-shot lead with four holes remaining, two of them par 5s. But he took four to get down from left of the green on the par-5 15th. Two holes later, Stenson made a 10-foot putt for par to take a two-shot lead down the par 5 closing hole.
“The putt on 17 was massive to keep the cushion coming up the last,” Stenson said.
Johnson now has finished eight, fourth and tied or second in the three LIV Golf Invitationals. His team, “4 Aces,” has won the last two times, paying $750,000 to each player. In three events since Johnson reportedly received a $150 million signing fee, the two-time major champion has made over $5.2 million on the course.
Carlos Ortiz of Mexico (68) finished fourth, while Patrick Reed (69) was fifth.
Phil Mickelson shot an even-par 71, only the second time in nine rounds of LIV Golf that Mickelson has shot par or better. He finished 35th.
The LIV Golf Invitational is off for a month during the FedEx Cup playoffs on the PGA Tour, returning over Labor Day weekend about an hour west of Boston, and then two weeks later plays in the Chicago suburbs.
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YREKA, Calif. (AP) — Crews battling the largest wildfire so far this year in California braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that created the potential for additional fire growth Sunday as they sought to protect remote communities.
The McKinney Fire was burning out of control in Northern California’s Klamath National Forest, with expected thunderstorms a big concern Sunday just south of the Oregon state line, said U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Adrienne Freeman.
“The fuel beds are so dry and they can just erupt from that lightning,” Freeman said. “These thunder cells come with gusty erratic winds that can blow fire in every direction.”
The blaze exploded in size to more than 80 square miles (207 square km) just two days after erupting in a largely unpopulated area of Siskiyou County, according to a Sunday incident report. The cause was under investigation.
The blaze torched trees along California Highway 96, and the scorched remains of a pickup truck sat in a lane of the highway. Thick smoke covered the area and flames burned through hillsides in sight of homes. The fire Sunday cast an eerie, orange-brown hue, in one neighborhood where a brick chimney, stood surrounded by rubble and scorched vehicles.
A second, smaller fire just to the west that was sparked by dry lightning Saturday threatened the tiny town of Seiad, Freeman said. About 400 structures were under threat from the two California fires. Authorities have not confirmed the extent of the damage yet, saying assessments would begin when it was safe to reach the area.
A third fire, which was on the southwest end of the McKinney blaze, prompted evacuation orders for around 500 homes Sunday, said Courtney Kreider, a spokesperson with the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office. The office said crews had been on the scene of the fire since late Saturday but that the fire Sunday morning “became active and escaped its containment line.”
Several people in the sheriff’s office have been affected by evacuation orders due to the fires “and they’re still showing up to work so, (a) very dedicated crew,” she said. A deputy lost his childhood home to fire on Friday, she said.
As the McKinney fire threatened, some residents chose to stay behind while others heeded orders to leave.
Larry Castle and his wife, Nancy, were among about 2,000 residents of the Yreka area under evacuation orders. They left Saturday with some of their prized possessions, including Larry’s motorcycle, and took their dogs to stay with their daughter near Mount Shasta.
Larry Castle said he wasn’t taking any chances after seeing the explosive growth of major fires in recent years.
“You look back at the Paradise fire and the Santa Rosa fire and you realize this stuff is very, very serious,” he told the Sacramento Bee.
In northwest Montana, a fire sparked in grasslands near the town of Elmo had grown to about 17 square miles (44 square km) after advancing into forest. Crews were working along edges of the fire Sunday, and aircraft were expected to continue to make water and retardant drops to help slow the fire’s advance, said Sara Rouse, a spokesperson with the interagency team assigned to the fire. High temperatures and erratic winds were expected, she said.
A section of Highway 28 between Hot Springs and Elmo that had been closed was reopened with drivers asked to watch for fire and emergency personnel. Visibility in the area was poor, Rouse said.
In Idaho, the Moose Fire in the Salmon-Challis National Forest has burned on more than 75 square miles (196 square km) in timbered land near the town of Salmon. It was 21% contained by Sunday morning. Pila Malolo, planning operations section chief on the fire, said in a Facebook video update that hot, dry conditions were expected to persist Sunday. Officials said they expected fire growth in steep, rugged country on the fire’s south side.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Saturday as the McKinney Fire intensified. The proclamation allows Newsom more flexibility to make emergency response and recovery effort decisions and access federal aid.
California law enforcement knocked on doors in the towns of Yreka and Fort Jones to urge residents to get out and safely evacuate their livestock onto trailers. Automated calls were being sent to land phone lines as well because there were areas without cell phone service.
Scientists say climate change has made the West warmer and drier in the past 30 years and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.
The Pacific Coast Trail Association urged hikers to get to the nearest town while the U.S. Forest Service closed a 110-mile (177-km) section of the trail from the Etna Summit to the Mt. Ashland Campground in southern Oregon.
In Hawaii, the Maui County Emergency Management Agency said a brush fire was 90% contained but a red flag warning was in effect for much of Sunday.
And in north Texas, firefighters continued in their effort to contain the 2-week-old, 10 1/2-square-mile (27 1/3-square-kilometer) Chalk Mountain Fire. The crews now report 83% containment of the fire that has destroyed 16 homes and damaged five others about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Fort Worth. No injuries have been reported.
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Associated Press journalists Becky Bohrer in Juneau, Alaska; Christopher Weber in Los Angeles; Sam Metz in Salt Lake City; and Terry Wallace in Dallas contributed to this report. | https://www.wivb.com/news/heat-wind-threaten-to-whip-up-growing-western-wildfires/ | 2022-08-01T02:01:58Z | https://www.wivb.com/news/heat-wind-threaten-to-whip-up-growing-western-wildfires/ | true |
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Few Americans outside law enforcement and government ever see the most graphic videos or photos from the nation’s worst mass shootings — in most states, such evidence is only displayed at trial and most such killers die during or immediately after their attacks. They never make it to court.
That has made the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz for his 2018 murder of 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School unusual.
As the worst U.S. mass shooting to reach trial, the surveillance videos taken during his attack and the crime scene and autopsy photos that show its horrific aftermath are being seen by jurors on shielded video screens and, after each day’s court session, shown to a small group of journalists. But they are not shown in the gallery, where parents and spouses sit, or to the general public watching on TV.
Some online believe that should change — that to have an informed debate on gun violence, the public should see the carnage mass shooters like Cruz cause, often with high-velocity bullets fired from AR-15 semiautomatic rifles and similar weapons.
Others disagree. They say the public display of such videos and photos would add to the harm the victims’ families already endure and might entice some who are mentally disturbed to commit their own mass shooting. They believe such evidence should remain sealed.
Liz Dunning, a vice president at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, doesn’t believe releasing such videos and photos would have the political impact some think. Polls show that most Americans already support stronger background checks for gun buyers and bans or restrictions on AR-15s and similar weapons, said Dunning, whose mother was murdered by a gunman.
“Public perception is not the issue,” Dunning said. “We should be asking more of the powerful.”
Since most of the worst U.S. mass shooters were killed by themselves or police during or immediately after their attack, it is rare for anyone outside government to see such surveillance videos or police and autopsy photos. The public didn’t see such evidence after the Las Vegas shooting in 2017, Orlando in 2016, Sandy Hook in 2012, Virginia Tech in 2007 and others.
But Cruz, 23, fled after his shooting and was arrested an hour later. He pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder – his trial is only to determine if he is sentenced to death or life without parole. The videos and photos are part of the prosecution’s case.
Since the trial began July 18, everyone in the courtroom and watching on TV has seen and heard heartbreaking testimony from teachers and students who saw others die. They have heard the gunshots and screams as jurors watched cellphone videos.
But when graphic videos and photos are presented, those are not shown. Usually, they only hear medical examiners and police officers give emotionless descriptions of what the jury is seeing.
Then at the end of each day, a group of reporters reviews the photos and videos, but are only allowed to write descriptions. That was a compromise as some parents feared photos of their dead children would be posted online and wanted no media access.
Miami media attorney Thomas Julin said in Florida before the internet, any photos or other evidence presented at trial could be seen and copied by anyone. Newspapers didn’t print the most gruesome photos, so no one cared.
But in the mid-1990s as the internet boomed, Danny Rolling faced a death penalty trial for the serial murders of four University of Florida students and a community college student. The victims’ families argued that the publication of crime scene photos would cause them emotional harm. The judge ruled that anyone could view the photos, but no one could copy them. Such compromises have since become standard in Florida’s high-profile murder trials.
The surveillance video of the Stoneman Douglas shooting is silent. It shows Cruz moving methodically from floor-to-floor in a three-story classroom building, shooting down hallways and into classrooms. Victims fall. Cruz often stops and shoots them again before moving on.
The crime scene photos show the dead where they fell, sometimes on top of or next to each other, often in contorted shapes. Blood and sometimes brain matter are splattered on floors and walls.
The autopsy photos show the damage Cruz and his bullets did. Some victims have massive head wounds. One student had his elbow blown off, another had her shoulder blown open. Another had most of her forearm ripped away.
Yet, despite their gruesomeness, Columbia University journalism professor Bruce Shapiro says most autopsy and crime scene photos wouldn’t have a lasting public impact because they don’t have context.
The photos and videos that have a strong effect on public opinion tell a story, said Shapiro, who runs the university’s think tank on how journalists should cover violence.
The photos of Emmett Till’s battered body lying in its coffin after the Black teenager was tortured and killed by Mississippi white supremacists in 1955. Mary Ann Vecchio screaming over Kent State student Jeffrey Miller’s body after he was shot by National Guard troops in 1970. Vietnamese child Phan Thi Kim Phuc running naked after being burned by a napalm bomb in 1972. The video of police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd’s neck until he’s dead in 2020.
“They work not just because they are graphic, but because they are powerful, stirring images,” Shapiro said.
And even if the graphic photos and videos were released, most major newspapers, wire services and television stations would be hesitant to use them. Their editors weigh whether the public benefit of seeing an image outweighs any prurient interest — and they usually pass.
That would leave most for only the most salacious websites. They would also become fodder for potential mass shooters, who frequently research past killers. Cruz did; testimony showed he spent the seven months before his attack making hundreds of computer searches about committing massacres.
“The images of the carnage will become part of their dark fantasy life,” Shapiro said. | https://www.wivb.com/news/u-s-headlines/parkland-trial-a-rare-curtailed-look-at-mass-shooting-gore/ | 2022-08-01T02:03:20Z | https://www.wivb.com/news/u-s-headlines/parkland-trial-a-rare-curtailed-look-at-mass-shooting-gore/ | false |
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily Derby" game were:
1st:4 Big Ben-2nd:9 Winning Spirit-3rd:10 Solid Gold, Race Time: 1:40.14
(1st: 4 Big Ben, 2nd: 9 Winning Spirit, 3rd: 10 Solid Gold; Race Time: one: 40.14)
¶ To win the grand prize, ticket-holders must match in exact order the winning race time and the first, second and third place horses. Lesser prizes are given to ticket-holders who correctly match other horses or race times. | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Derby-game-17341994.php | 2022-08-01T02:09:21Z | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Derby-game-17341994.php | true |
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WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
528 PM PDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST/8 PM PDT/
THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE, SAN BERNARDINO AND
SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES...
At 528 PM MST /528 PM PDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms
producing heavy rain over Mohave Valley and around Oatman. Between
0.5 and 0.75 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts
of 0.5 to 0.75 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water crossings,
creeks, normally dry washes and roads.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Bullhead City, Laughlin, Needles, Mesquite Creek, Mohave Valley,
Mojave Ranch Estates, Oatman and Willow Valley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Moriah Jefferson scored 22 points, Sylvia Fowles had 16 points and nine rebounds and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Los Angeles Sparks 84-77 on Sunday.
Jefferson shot 9 for 14 and Fowles made her first eight shots before missing on her final attempt for Minnesota (12-19). Kayla McBride added 15 points, Rachel Banham scored 10 points off the bench and Jessica Shepard grabbed 10 rebounds.
Fowles’ bucket gave the Lynx a 9-7 lead and they never trailed again. Jefferson had 16 points and Fowles scored 10, helping the Lynx to a 52-43 lead at intermission.
Nneka Ogwumike scored 23 points to lead Los Angeles (12-17). Brittney Sykes added 15 points, and Katie Lou Samuelson and Chennedy Carter each scored 10.
Minnesota shot 54.4% overall and made 6 of 11 from 3-point range. The Lynx held Los Angeles to 36.1% shooting, including 6 of 24 from beyond the arc.
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